Community Engagement & Relations: desk report

An applicant considering construction of a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm may request a preapplication conference with the board staff prior to submitting an application.

The applicant shall file a preapplication notification letter with the board at least fifteen days prior to the date of any public informational meeting(s) held pursuant to paragraph (B) of this rule.

No more than ninety days prior to submitting a standard certificate application to the board, the applicant shall conduct at least one informational meeting open to the public to be held in the area in which the project is located.

Between 21 to 7 days prior to the date of the public information meeting, public notice must be published in a locally circulated newspaper and address project need, schedule, design, and other pertinent data. At least 21 days prior to the public information meeting the applicant must send a letter to each affected property owner and tenant.

At the informational meeting, the applicant shall present maps showing the proposed facility at a scale that allows affected property owners to identify the location of their property in relation to the facility. The applicant shall solicit written comments from the attendees. The applicant shall summarize in its certificate application how many and what types of comments were received.

each owner of a property crossed and/or adjacent to the preferred and alternative routes for transmission lines and/or a new generation site within fifteen days of the filing of the accepted, complete application and shall contain the following information:

shall be published in newspapers of general circulation in those municipal corporations and counties in which the chief executive received service of a copy of the application pursuant to rule 4906-3-07 of the Administrative Code at least seven days but no more than twenty-one days before the public hearing.

At least ninety days, but not more than three hundred days, prior to applying for a certificate from the power siting board, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, to be located in whole or in part in the unincorporated area of a county, the person intending to apply shall hold a public meeting in each county where the utility facility is to be located.

The board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution designating all or part of the unincorporated area of a county as a restricted area, prohibiting the construction of any or all of the following: (1) An economically significant wind farm; (2) A large wind farm; (3) A large solar facility.

The act prohibits a person from filing an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, to construct, operate, or maintain a utility facility in a restricted area, if such a facility is prohibited in that restricted area.

The act conditions the designation of a restricted area upon the right of referendum the act grants county voters. A resolution designating a restricted area becomes effective 30 days from the day it is adopted, unless a referendum petition is filed with the board of county commissioners.

At least ninety days, but not more than three hundred days, prior to applying for a certificate from the power siting board, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, to be located in whole or in part in the unincorporated area of a county, the person intending to apply shall hold a public meeting in each county where the utility facility is to be located.

Not later than ninety days after the public meeting described in section 303.61 of the Revised Code regarding an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility, the board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution that does either of the following:

(1) Prohibits the construction of the utility facility that is the subject of the certificate; (2) Limits the boundaries of the proposed utility facility to a smaller geographic area of the county, completely within what was proposed by the applicant. (B) If no resolution is adopted within the time required under this section, the application may proceed as filed with the power siting board.

Whenever an application is made to the power siting board for a certificate or a material amendment to an existing certificate for a utility facility, the board shall include two voting ad hoc members to represent the interests of the residents of the area in which the utility facility is to be located.

(C)(1) The ad hoc members shall be: (a) The chairperson of the board of township trustees of the township in which the utility facility is to be located or the chairperson's designee; (b) The president of the board of county commissioners of the county in which the utility facility is to be located or the president's designee

States that applications for a certificate or material amendment to an existing certificate for a large solar facility are not subject to the act's provisions if, as of October 11, 2021: The facility is in the PJM Interconnection and Regional Transmission Organization, L.L.C. (PJM), New Services Queue;

if, as of the effective date of this section: (1) The applicant has received a completed system impact study from PJM for the large solar facility; and (2) The applicant has paid the fee for the facilities study to PJM.

The application has been found to be in compliance with the application requirements by the PSB Chairperson (or the Chairperson’s designee) and has been accepted by PSB;

Tangible personal property of a qualified energy project using renewable energy resources is exempt from taxation for tax years 2011 through 2025 if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

For a qualified energy project with a nameplate capacity of twenty megawatts or greater, a board of county commissioners of a county in which property of the project is located has adopted a resolution under division (E)(1)(b) or (c) of this section to approve the application submitted under division (E) of this section

Construction or installation of the energy facility begins on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1, 2025. For the purposes of this division, construction begins on the earlier of the date of application for a certificate or other approval or permit described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section

A board of county commissioners may adopt a resolution declaring the county to be an alternative energy zone and declaring all applications submitted to the director of development under this division after the adoption of the resolution, and prior to its repeal, to be approved by the board.

The board shall send such notice within thirty days after receipt of the application, or a longer period of time if authorized by the director.

shall make annual service payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer on or before the final dates for payments of taxes on public utility personal property on the real and public utility personal property tax list for each tax year for which property of the energy project is exempt from taxation under this section.

Each payment shall be in the following amount: (1) In the case of a solar energy project, seven thousand dollars per megawatt of nameplate capacity located in the county as of the thirty-first-day of December of the preceding tax year;

A person may apply to the director of development for certification of an energy project as a qualified energy project on or before the following dates: (i) December 31, 2024, for an energy project using renewable energy resources;

As mentioned earlier, the plan is a guide. It is not a coercive document. To be successful a plan must be reflective; that is, sensitive to change.

We will preserve the “hometown” atmosphere enjoyed by its residents as well as visitors. We will continue to protect agricultural land, forests, open spaces, streams, and ground water supply.

Goal 1: Carroll County residents value their open spaces, agricultural lands and natural areas. They wish to sustain these vital areas that are historically the foundation of the community's quality of life and economic base.

The strategy used as the base of the Carroll County Comprehensive Land Use Plan is to move development away from scattered individual lots and into concentrated development areas.

Those sectors of the county with abundant power available must also be considered in conjunction with the availability of other utilities, such as water, sewer and roadways, and then weighed against the desirability to preserve certain areas of the county for agricultural usage, wildlife corridors and open space.

Land Use Regulatory Tools No townships in Carroll County have zoning regulations. Planning Areas There appears to be some similarities between certain groupings of townships as they relate to land use planning.

(d) Assess the compatibility of the proposed facility and the anticipated resultant regional development with current regional plans.

No public agency or political subdivision of this state may require any approval, consent, permit, certificate, or other condition for the construction or operation of a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm authorized by a certificate issued pursuant to Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code.