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Cameron Parish County, LA — Solar Development Risk Assessment

Local solar ordinance barriers, board sentiment, and utility policies that affect development timelines and risk.

47.6
Risk Grade
Fair
Most sparsely populated parish in Louisiana; vast coastal marshland limits viable solar terrain to higher-ground agricultural fringe; Cameron LNG export terminal nearby means energy development is culturally normalized; Police Jury fully permissive; hurricane exposure (direct landfall history: Laura 2020, Delta 2020) drives up insurance costs and structural requirements significantly; B-grade on permissive culture and flat viable terrain offset by hurricane uncertainty premium
Assessment Snapshot
Population
6973
State Rank
#31
Compliance
35%
Trajectory
35

Moratorium Status

✓ No Active Moratorium
No specific moratorium information available.

Ordinance & Regulations

Setback Requirements
200 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures; coastal construction standards (wind zone IV); elevated panel mounting required in flood-prone zones
Zoning Mechanism
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Cameron Parish Police Jury; coastal construction permits via LADOTD
Acreage Caps
No acreage cap; vast coastal marsh limits viable solar terrain
Spacing Rules
None established; panel height and wind-load specs governed by coastal building codes
Size Restrictions
Wind Zone IV structural compliance required

Board Sentiment & Political Risk

Sentiment Analysis
Supportive — extreme industrial-energy culture; Cameron LNG, Sabine Pass LNG area; Police Jury fully pro-energy development; hurricane risk is the primary developer concern not local politics
Basis for Assessment
Cameron Parish Police Jury; Lake Charles American Press; Cameron LNG EIS documents; USACE coastal permits
Political Risk Factors
Stable
Board Members
Cameron Parish President + Police Jury — cameronparishla.gov

Grid, Utilities & State Context

Grid Operator
MISO / Entergy Louisiana (SPP overlap at western edge)
Utilities
Entergy Louisiana, Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)
State Permitting Process
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 Incentives
Federal ITC eligible; Louisiana sales tax exemption for solar equipment; Louisiana property tax exemption for solar; no state income tax credit for commercial solar

Development Activity

Active/Completed Projects
Cameron LNG co-generation/solar hybrid feasibility study (2023); one small ground-mount agricultural solar (approx. 5 MW, 2022)
Denied/Withdrawn Projects
None known

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Last verified: 2026-04-02 | SolarRisk Tracker | Data sources: Government records, utility filings, public meeting minutes