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Ouachita Parish narrows solar‑farm moratorium to exempt projects with MISO queue positions
Summary
The Police Jury amended its temporary moratorium to exempt solar‑farm projects that have reached objective development benchmarks, including active MISO interconnection queue positions submitted prior to the DPP‑2023 study cycle; the ordinance passed by roll call vote.
The Ouachita Parish Police Jury on July 7, 2025 adopted Ordinance No. 9521, amending Ordinance No. 9511 to add an expanded "grandfather" provision for certain solar‑farm projects. The amendment exempts solar farms that have reached objective benchmarks of development and projects holding active generator interconnection queue positions with the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) submitted prior to the MISO DPP‑2023 study cycle.
Mr. Larry Bratton, District C, introduced the amendment explaining it would allow the moratorium to slow proliferation of new solar farms while avoiding undue burden on projects that had already invested significant time and resources. The ordinance was adopted by roll call vote (YEAS: 5; NAYS: 0; ABSENT: 1).
The text expands the prior "grandfather" clause (which exempted projects that had filed a Site Development Permit) to include objectively documented development milestones and specifically references active MISO interconnection queue positions as qualifying evidence of bona fide development. No public speakers addressed the ordinance during the hearing.
