Louisiana · Tax exemption
LA Solar Property Tax Exemption
Removes a tax burden residential solar owners in Louisiana would otherwise carry -- see what it covers, eligibility, and payback impact below.
- Property tax exemption
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 17.8 yr
- Louisiana baseline payback
- 2
- other Louisiana programs
What it means
In Louisiana, a 6 kW system already pays back in about 17.8 years on ~$911/year of modeled savings, and the LA Solar Property Tax Exemption stacks on top of that, on top of any federal credit.
- Property tax e…
- stated benefit
- 17.8 yr
- baseline payback (pre-incentive)
- 3
- Louisiana programs that stack
- full
- net-metering policy
Payback and savings are modeled from public NREL/EIA data; the program benefit is summarized from DSIRE and may change.
Program description
Solar energy systems are exempt from local property taxes in Louisiana.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Tax exemption
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Property tax exemption
- State electricity rate
- 10.2¢/kWh
- Louisiana solar score
- 27/100
How Louisiana compares to the U.S. average
Why this incentive matters more (or less) here - Louisiana's solar fundamentals against the national average.
Source: NREL irradiance and U.S. EIA rates; payback modeled by PlainSolarData. Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values per metric.
Solar's trajectory in Louisiana
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Louisiana reported to the EIA.
Louisiana's solar incentive stack
How this tax exemption sits among Louisiana's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Louisiana tracks 2 incentive types; 1 are tax exemptions like this one, removing a cost solar owners would otherwise carry, on top of the state's other program types.
How this incentive fits Louisiana's solar picture
The LA Solar Property Tax Exemption removes a tax burden solar owners would otherwise carry, one of Louisiana's DSIRE-tracked solar incentive programs. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Property tax exemption. DSIRE lists no scheduled sunset, though enabling legislation and appropriations can still be revised year to year.
That baseline is slower than most states, which raises the stakes for every incentive on the table. Louisiana averages 5.1 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 10.2¢/kWh, producing an estimated 8,935 kWh/year and $911 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,200. That baseline already implies a 17.8-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $6,575 before this incentive - every dollar this tax exemption delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Louisiana has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like LA Net Metering. The state's net-metering policy is classified as full, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.
Your next step
- See Louisiana's full solar profile, score, irradiance, rates, payback, and every program you can claim. Louisiana solar data
- Run the savings calculator with your real bill to see how this incentive changes your own payback. ROI calculator
- Read how state and federal solar credits work together. Tax-credit guide
Estimates here are modeled from public data and are not financial advice; confirm program terms and your own eligibility before relying on a dollar figure.
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Incentive data from the DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency); state solar economics from NREL and the U.S. EIA. See our methodology.