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Lafourche Parish County, LA — Solar Development Risk Assessment

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

46.7
Risk Grade
Good
Southeast Louisiana oilfield services parish; Thibodaux seat; flat terrain north of the coastal marsh suitable for solar; Entergy Louisiana MISO; Lafourche Electric Cooperative serves rural south; significant hurricane exposure (Ida 2021 direct impact) elevates insurance cost and structural compliance burden; oilfield culture means energy projects broadly accepted; B-C boundary but graded B — permissive culture and flat viable terrain with uncertainty score elevated by hurricane exposure
Assessment Snapshot
Population
98214
State Rank
#29
Compliance
40%
Trajectory
38

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 wind zone compliance required in southern portions
Zoning Mechanism
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) — Lafourche Parish Government
Acreage Caps
None established
Spacing Rules
None established
Size Restrictions
None established

Board Sentiment & Political Risk

Sentiment Analysis
Supportive-Neutral — oilfield services culture broadly welcoming of energy projects; hurricane risk acknowledged by developers; Parish Government pro-economic development
Basis for Assessment
Lafourche Parish Government; Thibodaux Daily Comet; Entergy Louisiana; Lafourche Electric Cooperative; Parish emergency management (hurricane data)
Political Risk Factors
Stable
Board Members
Lafourche Parish President + Parish Council — lafourchegov.org

Grid, Utilities & State Context

Grid Operator
MISO / Entergy Louisiana
Utilities
Entergy Louisiana, Lafourche 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
Thibodaux-area agricultural solar ground-mounts (approx. 2 projects, 10-20 MW, 2021-2023)
Denied/Withdrawn Projects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