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New Orleans residents and businesses interested in participating in community solar projects can do so through the New Orleans City Council’s Community Solar Program, which is designed to provide an additional renewable energy option to New Orleans electric customers.
As described in Council Resolution R-23-507, the City Council’s Community Solar Rules establish the rules, policies, and procedures for Community Solar Generating Facilities and their associated subscriptions in Orleans Parish. Developers and Subscriber Organizations of community solar projects are required to meet all eligibility requirements and must adhere to all applicable safety and reliability protocols. Entergy New Orleans, LLC is required under the rules to administer the Council’s Program and the Council Utilities Regulatory Office is required to investigate, and impose penalties for, violations of the Rules.
Subscriber Organizations interested in participating in the Program must first register with the Council Utilities Regulatory Office. After registering, a Subscriber Organization must submit their application to Entergy New Orleans through the following procedure:
Initial application forms
Program applications will be reviewed by Entergy New Orleans in the order that they are received. Completed application forms should be emailed to NewOrleansCouncilCommunitySolar@Entergy.com. An Entergy New Orleans representative will reach out to confirm receipt of the application within 10 business days as described in the rules. For more information, please review the Application Flowchart and Timeline document below.
- Application flowchart and timeline
- CSG-RPAR – Request for Pre-Application Report
- CSG-APP – Combined Program and Interconnection Application
Additional application forms (upon approval of Interconnection Application)
If both the Program Application and Interconnection Application reaches approval, Entergy New Orleans will contact Subscriber Organizations to begin execution of the following application forms:
- CSG-3 – Interconnection and operation agreement
- CSG-4 – Standard offer power purchase agreement
- CSG-5 – Initial CSG facility subscription report
- CSG-7 – Monthly CSG facility subscription report
- CSG-8 – Subscriber agency agreement
Additional resources
- Distributed Energy Resource Standards for Distribution Interconnection DR07-01 (effective May 1, 2022)
- CSG-6 - CSG facility customer notice of enrollment
- Rate schedule CSGF
- Subscriber credit rate