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East Carroll Parish County, LA — Solar Development Risk Assessment

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

35.3
Risk Grade
Good
Poorest and one of smallest parishes in Louisiana; Lake Providence seat; flat Mississippi Delta floodplain terrain is excellent for utility-scale solar; Entergy Louisiana MISO grid; Carroll Electric Cooperative on rural fringe; extreme poverty and population decline make lease income transformative for local landowners; Police Jury fully permissive; B-grade on strong physical fundamentals and pro-development baseline despite economic fragility adding long-term uncertainty
Assessment Snapshot
Population
6797
State Rank
#2
Compliance
33%
Trajectory
32

Moratorium Status

✓ No Active Moratorium
No specific moratorium information available.

Ordinance & Regulations

Setback Requirements
150 ft from property lines; 300 ft from occupied structures
Zoning Mechanism
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — East Carroll Parish Police Jury
Acreage Caps
None established
Spacing Rules
None established
Size Restrictions
None established

Board Sentiment & Political Risk

Sentiment Analysis
Supportive — one of Louisiana's poorest parishes; any economic development including solar welcomed enthusiastically; Police Jury and community strongly pro-development
Basis for Assessment
East Carroll Parish Police Jury; Lake Providence Banner-Democrat; Entergy Louisiana; Carroll Electric Cooperative
Political Risk Factors
Stable
Board Members
East Carroll Parish President + Police Jury — eastcarrollparishla.gov

Grid, Utilities & State Context

Grid Operator
MISO / Entergy Louisiana
Utilities
Entergy Louisiana, Carroll Electric Cooperative
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
Lake Providence-area agricultural solar lease (approx. 8 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Denied/Withdrawn Projects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