Louisiana solar leads
Louisiana’s small-scale solar slipped to 227.1 MW in July 2026 in the EIA’s Table 6.2.B, one of three states with a decline, and solar jobs of $10,000 or more need a state license. Summit Leads supplies solar leads in Louisiana by real-time ping/post, with filters and routing agreed during onboarding.
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Louisiana facts for solar lead buyers
| Fact | Value Source |
|---|---|
| Small-scale solar PV capacity, July 2026 | 227.1 MW (EIA estimate, July 2026), 34th of the 49 states with an EIA estimateElectric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Small-scale solar PV capacity, July 2025 | 229.5 MW (EIA estimate, July 2025), so the estimate fell by 2.4 MW or 1.0% in the twelve months to July 2026Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B: Net Summer Capacity Using Primarily Renewable Energy Sources and by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Solar resource in New Orleans, the largest city | 5.43 kWh per square meter per day on a fixed, south-facing array tilted 20 degrees (PVWatts version 8, typical-year data, checked October 9, 2026)PVWatts Calculator (version 8): New Orleans, Louisiana National Laboratory of the Rockies (formerly NREL) |
| Average residential electricity price, 2024 | 11.73 cents per kWh (2023: 11.55 cents; EIA Form EIA-861 data, 2024), the fourth lowest of the 50 statesElectric Power Annual, Table 2.10: Average Price of Electricity to Ultimate Customers by End-Use Sector, by State U.S. Energy Information Administration |
| Single-family detached share of housing units | 65.3% (1,377,991 of 2,108,902 housing units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25024)Table B25024, Units in Structure: Louisiana (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied single-family detached homes | 1,015,035, or 83.5% of 1,216,127 owner-occupied homes (ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25032)Table B25032, Tenure by Units in Structure: Louisiana (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Mobile home share of housing units | 12.6% (264,776 of 2,108,902 housing units; ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25024), the fifth highest of the 50 statesTable B25024, Units in Structure: Louisiana (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Owner-occupied mobile homes | 154,006, or 12.7% of owner-occupied homes (ACS 5-year 2020-2024, table B25032), the fifth highest share of the 50 statesTable B25032, Tenure by Units in Structure: Louisiana (ACS 5-Year 2020-2024) U.S. Census Bureau |
| Solar Energy Equipment license | Required to install solar energy equipment or systems when the project value is $10,000 or more (La. R.S. 37:2156.3(A), law edition of August 1, 2026)Contractors Licensing Law, La. R.S. 37:2150 et seq., including 37:2156.3, Installation of solar energy equipment and systems (edition of August 1, 2026) Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors |
| Classifications a solar applicant must already hold | One or more of Building Construction, Electrical, Mechanical or Residential Construction (La. R.S. 37:2156.3(B), as of October 9, 2026)Contractors Licensing Law, La. R.S. 37:2150 et seq., including 37:2156.3, Installation of solar energy equipment and systems (edition of August 1, 2026) Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors |
| Board classification and exam for solar work | S.12 Solar Energy Equipment, a trade exam covering photovoltaic and thermal systems (classification page dated August 9, 2025, checked October 9, 2026)Solar Energy Equipment (classification S.12) Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors |
| License for photovoltaic wiring and hookups | An Electrical license, for photovoltaic panels or systems with a project value of $10,000 or more (La. R.S. 37:2156.3(C), as of October 9, 2026)Contractors Licensing Law, La. R.S. 37:2150 et seq., including 37:2156.3, Installation of solar energy equipment and systems (edition of August 1, 2026) Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors |
| Businesses the solar licensing section covers | Entities selling, leasing, installing, servicing or monitoring solar energy equipment; those arranging solar leases or sales or acquiring customers for financing entities are not exempt (La. R.S. 37:2156.3(E), as of October 9, 2026)Contractors Licensing Law, La. R.S. 37:2150 et seq., including 37:2156.3, Installation of solar energy equipment and systems (edition of August 1, 2026) Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors |
Last reviewed: October 9, 2026. A summary for education, not legal advice.
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Louisiana small-scale solar, July 2025 to July 2026
The EIA estimates behind-the-meter solar (systems below 1 MW, most of them on homes and small businesses) for each state every month. Louisiana is unusual in the latest year: its estimate in Electric Power Monthly Table 6.2.B went from 229.5 MW in July 2025 to 227.1 MW in July 2026, a drop of 2.4 MW (1.0%). It was one of only three states whose estimate fell over that period, and it ranked 34th of the 49 states the EIA estimates.
| Month | Capacity (MW) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 229.5 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2025 |
| July 2026 | 227.1 | EIA EPM Table 6.2.B, July 2026 |
The figure is a modeled estimate of installed capacity, not a count of new contracts, and the EIA does not explain the change state by state. For a buyer it shows that Louisiana already has a few hundred megawatts of systems on roofs, which matters to companies that service, repair or add storage to existing arrays, and that the installed base did not grow in the most recent twelve months.
Sunlight on New Orleans roofs
New Orleans is the most populous Louisiana city in the Census Bureau’s estimates for July 1, 2025. Run for that city, the PVWatts Calculator (developed at NREL, which is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies) returns 5.43 kWh per square meter per day of solar radiation on a standard array (checked October 9, 2026).
The figure comes from PVWatts version 8 with its default settings: a fixed array on an open rack, pointed due south at a 20-degree tilt, placed at the city’s point in the Census gazetteer and modeled with typical-year weather from the National Solar Radiation Database. Baton Rouge, Shreveport or a different roof pitch would change it; it is a reference for comparing states rather than an estimate for a particular house.
Louisiana residential electricity price
Louisiana’s average residential price ranks among the lowest of the states in the EIA’s annual table. The two most recent years are listed here as sourced figures only.
| Year | Cents per kWh | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.55 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
| 2024 | 11.73 | EIA Electric Power Annual, Table 2.10 |
Louisiana’s Solar Energy Equipment license
This section is general information, not legal advice. It summarizes official sources as of October 9, 2026; check the current text of each rule before relying on it.
Louisiana is one of the states with a license written specifically for solar. Section 2156.3 of Title 37, reproduced in the Contractors Licensing Law published by the State Licensing Board for Contractors (edition of August 1, 2026), requires a Solar Energy Equipment license to install solar energy equipment or solar energy systems when the project value is $10,000 or more. An applicant must already hold at least one major classification: Building Construction, Electrical, Mechanical or Residential Construction.
The section then splits the trade work. Connecting wiring or hookups for a photovoltaic panel or system at or above that value takes an Electrical license, and connecting piping or equipment for a solar thermal system takes a Mechanical license. The board’s S.12 classification page lists Solar Energy Equipment as a trade exam covering photovoltaic and thermal systems for houses, buildings, pools and plumbing systems (checked October 9, 2026).
Subsection E reaches past installers. It applies the section to entities in the business of selling, leasing, installing, servicing or monitoring solar energy equipment, and it states that entities arranging agreements for the lease or sale of solar energy systems, or acquiring customers for financing entities, are not exempt. It also says it does not impose liability on homeowners or on third parties that provide financing or buy the tax credits. Any company that sells, finances or markets solar in Louisiana should read the section with its own counsel.
Houses and mobile homes in Louisiana
Most Louisiana homes are single-family houses, and a large minority are mobile homes. The Census Bureau’s table B25024 for 2020-2024 counts 1,377,991 detached houses among 2,108,902 housing units (65.3%) and 264,776 mobile homes (12.6%), the fifth highest mobile home share of the 50 states.
Among owners the split is sharper. Of 1,216,127 owner-occupied homes in table B25032 (2020-2024), 1,015,035 are detached houses (83.5%) and 154,006 are mobile homes (12.7%). A solar buyer that limits work to site-built houses should expect that distinction to come up in Louisiana more often than in most states.
The age of the housing and home values are covered on Louisiana window replacement leads; heating fuels and degree days are on Louisiana HVAC leads.
Louisiana parishes by owner-occupied detached homes
Louisiana’s parishes play the role counties play elsewhere, and the Census Bureau reports them the same way. Below are the ten parishes with the most owner-occupied single-family detached homes, from table B25032 at county level, 2020-2024, with all owner-occupied homes and the detached share. The table is about housing only.
| Parish | Owner-occupied detached homes | Owner-occupied homes | Detached share of owner homes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson | 101,685 | 110,857 | 91.7% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| East Baton Rouge | 96,043 | 105,101 | 91.4% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| St. Tammany | 76,178 | 82,876 | 91.9% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Orleans | 64,802 | 79,744 | 81.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Lafayette | 57,686 | 66,072 | 87.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Caddo | 49,270 | 57,659 | 85.5% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Calcasieu | 47,562 | 56,736 | 83.8% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Livingston | 34,790 | 43,264 | 80.4% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Ascension | 33,081 | 38,597 | 85.7% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
| Ouachita | 31,620 | 37,489 | 84.3% | ACS 2020-2024, B25032 (parish) |
Jefferson Parish narrowly leads East Baton Rouge by count, and St. Tammany has the highest detached share in the group at 91.9%. Livingston (80.4%) and Orleans (81.3%) have the lowest shares of the ten in the 2020-2024 parish data.
Using the Louisiana facts to plan solar coverage
For a buyer deciding how to approach Louisiana, the facts above lead to three practical checks:
- Check the installer’s license against the job size. La. R.S. 37:2156.3 sets the solar license at a project value of $10,000 or more (law edition of August 1, 2026), and the board’s contractor search shows which classifications a company holds.
- Separate houses from mobile homes. With 12.7% of owner-occupied homes being mobile homes in the 2020-2024 ACS, a filterFilterA rule that decides which leads a buyer is offered, based on fields such as vertical, sub-type, state, ZIP code, homeownership or accident details. Glossary on home type keeps requests aligned with what crews install.
- Read the installed base correctly. The EIA’s July 2026 estimate of 227.1 MW describes systems already in place, which service and storage companies may weigh as much as installers do.
Nothing here measures how many Louisiana homeowners are asking about solar. The points describe the licensing law, the housing stock and the systems already installed.
Fields Louisiana solar buyers filter by
Solar buyers normally narrow requests on a few fields. In Louisiana each one ties to a fact on this page:
- Homeowner status: only an owner can agree to a system; see the owner-occupied counts above.
- Project type: the solar work the homeowner described, in general terms; the final option list is set with the solar form.
- Timeframe: whether the homeowner is ready to proceed or still comparing.
- ZIP code: the areas an installer serves, with the parish table showing the housing mix.
The filters for Louisiana solar leads are agreed with each buyer during onboarding. Exclusive or shared routing for solar leads is agreed with each buyer during onboarding. The full field list appears on the sample solar lead.
Where buyers filter in Louisiana
A Louisiana solar installer usually covers the parishes around one metro area. The six largest, by the Census Bureau’s July 1, 2025 population estimates, are below. Each buyer’s coverage area is agreed during onboarding, inside these metro areas or outside them.
- New Orleans-Metairie: 970,849 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Baton Rouge: 888,699 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Lafayette: 423,758 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Shreveport-Bossier City: 383,474 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Slidell-Mandeville-Covington: 279,108 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
- Lake Charles: 244,655 (July 1, 2025 estimate)
Source: Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population estimates, Vintage 2025 (cbsa-est2025-alldata), U.S. Census Bureau.
Consent records for Louisiana solar leads
Each Louisiana solar lead carries the TCPATCPAThe Telephone Consumer Protection Act, the federal law that governs telemarketing calls and texts, autodialers, prerecorded voice messages and the Do Not Call Registry. Glossary consent record captured on the form. Louisiana’s own calling statutes are summarized in its row of the state telemarketing laws table, and leads in Louisiana gathers the state’s pages for all of Summit’s verticals.
Louisiana solar lead questions
At what project value does Louisiana require a solar license?
La. R.S. 37:2156.3(A) requires a Solar Energy Equipment license to install solar energy equipment or systems when the project value is $10,000 or more, and the applicant must hold a Building Construction, Electrical, Mechanical or Residential Construction classification. This is general information, not legal advice.
Does Louisiana’s solar licensing law reach companies that only sell or arrange solar deals?
Subsection E of La. R.S. 37:2156.3 applies to entities selling, leasing, installing, servicing or monitoring solar energy equipment and says those arranging solar leases or sales, or acquiring customers for financing entities, are not exempt. This is general information, not legal advice.
Did small-scale solar in Louisiana grow over the last year?
No. The EIA’s Electric Power Monthly, Table 6.2.B estimates 227.1 MW in July 2026 against 229.5 MW in July 2025, a decline of 2.4 MW.
Which Louisiana parish has the most owner-occupied detached homes?
Jefferson Parish, with 101,685, just ahead of East Baton Rouge Parish with 96,043, in the Census Bureau’s ACS 2020-2024 table B25032.
Is it possible to receive Louisiana solar leads from selected ZIP codes only?
Coverage and filters are agreed with each buyer during onboarding; email us the ZIP codes you want covered.
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