Ohio Power Siting Board OK’s Solar Panel Farm in Highland County

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(Columbus) – The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has authorized Palomino Solar, LLC to construct a 200 megawatt (MW) solar-powered electric generating facility in Dodson and Union townships, Highland County. The OPSB approved the project in an 8-1 vote.

The Palomino Solar project will consist of large arrays of photovoltaic modules, commonly referred to as solar panels, ground-mounted on a tracking rack system, as well as associated facilities including access roads, an operations and maintenance facility, electric collection lines, weather stations, inverters and transformers, and a collection substation. The project will impact 1,410 acres within a 2,668-acre project area. The OPSB required 44 conditions that the facility must adhere to in order to minimize and mitigate potential impacts during construction and operation.

In separate business, the OPSB denied an application for rehearing of its decision to approve the Harvey Solar project in Licking County. The 350 MW solar-powered electric generating facility will be located in Bennington and Hartford townships.

Additional information about today’s OPSB decisions is available at www.OPSB.ohio.gov. Copies of today’s Board orders will be available in case numbers 21-0041-EL-BGN (Palomino Solar) and 21-0164-EL-BGN (Harvey Solar). A recorded webcast of today’s OPSB meeting is available on the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/user/PUCOhio.