Louisiana has a new renewable energy law on the books, Act No. 279, set to take effect on August 1, 2025. It provides for the regulation of solar facilities, renewable energy batteries, and onshore wind projects, all under the permitting authority of the Louisiana Department of Energy and Natural Resources (LDENR). The solar facility piece of the legislation comes in response to several parishes grappling with recent divisions over large-scale solar project proposals. Act No. 279 is notable in that it grants the state permitting authority and mandates solar project siting requirements, yet it carves out an exception whereby parish governments may elect to impose their own, potentially more restrictive, siting requirements.
Read the full summary of requirements on Liskow’s The Energy Law Blog here.