Louisiana solar in numbers, 2024
Every figure below is computed by us from the Form EIA-861 annual files. Ranks are out of 51 jurisdictions, highest first.
| Measure | Louisiana | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Households with a metered rooftop system34,417 systems across 2,147,745 residential accounts | 1.60% | 26th of 51 |
| Average system sizeNational average 6.74 kW | 5.46 kW | 47th of 51 |
| Residential priceDerived average across the state, not a tariff | 11.73¢/kWh | 48th of 51 |
| Consumption per accountWhat a system here is typically sized against | 14,422 kWh/yr | 1st of 51 |
| Systems with a battery2 paired systems | 0.01% | 45th of 51 |
| Third-party ownedLeased or under a power purchase agreement | 0.3% | 29th of 51 |
| Five-year growth2,957 systems added in 2024 | 5.1%/yr | 49th of 51 |
| Installed capacityResidential net-metered capacity | 187.8 MW | — |
What the adoption figure means
A middling market — neither early nor late. Expect a reasonable choice of installers without the depth of the coastal markets.
Residential electricity in Louisiana averaged 11.73¢ per kilowatt-hour in 2024, 48th of 51 and below the national average of 16.48¢. Among the cheapest residential electricity in the country. That is the most common reason solar struggles to pay back here, whatever the sunshine. Prices and adoption across all 51.
System size and consumption
The average Louisiana system was 5.46 kW in 2024, ranking 47th of 51. Households consumed an average of 14,422 kilowatt-hours a year (1st of 51) — the figure a system here is sized against.
Size your own system from your own kilowatt-hours, not from this average — how to do that.
Who owns the systems
0.3% of Louisiana systems were third-party owned in 2024 — leased or under a power purchase agreement rather than owned by the householder. That is 29th of 51.
Ownership is genuinely mixed here — you are likely to be shown both purchase and third-party structures. Who claims the federal credit · ownership across all 51.
Battery attachment
0.01% of Louisiana solar systems were paired with a battery in 2024, 45th of 51 — 2 paired systems.
Attachment is among the lowest in the country. Where exports are still credited well, a battery is usually the weakest line in a proposal. Attachment across all 51 · does a battery belong in your project.
Where the market is going
Louisiana added 2,957 systems in 2024 and has grown at 5.1% a year over five years, 49th of 51. Where growth has turned.
Solar companies and licensing in Louisiana
We checked 48 Louisiana solar companies against the state licence register. 0.0% did not hold a current licence at the time of checking .
The licence classes that apply to solar work here are S.12 Solar Energy Equipment. A company quoting you should hold one of these, and you can confirm it with the issuing authority yourself.
How to verify a licence before you sign.
Method
Figures are computed by HyreSolar from the Form EIA-861 2024 annual files — net-metered residential systems only, penetration counted against residential accounts, sizes as means. EIA publishes the inputs, not these ratios. Full methodology and the underlying CSV.
None of these figures is an estimate for your property. What to work through before you talk to anyone.
Common questions
How many homes in Louisiana have solar?
34,417 residential net-metered systems were recorded in Louisiana in 2024, against 2,147,745 residential electricity accounts — 1.60% of households, 26th of 51 jurisdictions. That is a HyreSolar calculation from Form EIA-861.
What size solar system is typical in Louisiana?
The average net-metered residential system in Louisiana was 5.46 kW in 2024, against a national average of 6.74 kW. Your own system should be sized from twelve months of your kilowatt-hours and your usable roof, not from a state average.
Do people in Louisiana add batteries to solar?
0.01% of Louisiana systems were paired with storage in 2024, 45th of 51. Battery attachment tracks outage frequency and export rules more than it tracks sunshine.
Is Louisiana a good state for solar?
On the measures we can compute: residential electricity averages 11.73¢/kWh (48th of 51), households use 14,422 kWh a year (1st of 51), and 1.60% have installed a system (26th of 51). Retail price and export rules move the answer far more than sunshine does, and both are set by your specific utility rather than by the state.
Source: US EIA, Form EIA-861, 2024 final release, retrieved 2 September 2026. Figures marked as a HyreSolar calculation are derived by us and are not official EIA statistics.