Solar permitting — Tensas Parish, Louisiana
0 indexed meetings (0 energy-related), 0 PSC dockets, 0 news items, 6 known opposition groups.
Northeast Louisiana Delta parish; St. Permitting: Conditional Use Permit; 300-ft max / 150-ft min setbacks. Track record: no prior utility-scale solar on record — greenfield jurisdiction; no established approval precedent in this cou
Key driver: Northeast Louisiana Delta parish; St. Joseph seat; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; Concordia Electric Cooperative serves rural portions; Louisiana's smallest-population parish (4,334 residents) with very flat Mississippi River alluvial bottomland; density of just 7.2/sq mi — one of the lowest in the South; severe population decline (-8.2% 2020-2023) makes any economic development highly attractive; virtually zero compliance barriers; B-grade borderline reflecting near-A fundamentals with minimal uncertainty premium
Permitting process
Local permitting pathway
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Tensas Parish Police Jury
Setbacks & buffers
150 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures
Spacing requirements
None established
Size restrictions
None codified; managed via CUP/SUP conditions
Penalties & bonding
Total penalty: +28 | Active moratorium: +28
State-level permits & approvals
Parish zoning authority; no state solar preemption; conditional use permit typically required for utility-scale (>1 MW); no mandatory decommissioning bond statewide (some parishes require it)
State policy & grid context
State RPS & clean energy policy
No binding RPS | None | Louisiana has no state RPS; voluntary pilot 350 MW distributed
State incentive programs
Federal ITC eligible; Louisiana sales tax exemption for solar equipment; Louisiana property tax exemption for solar; no state income tax credit for commercial solar
Grid & interconnection
MISO / Entergy Louisiana
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State PSC dockets P1
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