Tymochtee Solar

The applicant is required to hold a public informational meeting prior to any formal filing with the OPSB. This meeting will serve to educate affected parties to the project on the its details. The meeting will also provide an avenue for public input and comments to aid in the preparation of the application. The Public Information Meeting was held on March 18, 2021. 

Within 90 days of the public informational meeting, the application of the proposed facility will be filed with the OPSB. The application will include all required anticipated impacts of the facility on the surrounding area. 

Within 60 days of the application submittal, the OPSB will notify the applicant if the application is in compliance with the statute to continue the review of the application. If the application is not deemed complete, the applicant will be required to address any deficiencies. Once the application is deemed complete, it will be served to local public officials in the project area and legal notices will be published in the local newspapers. In parallel to this process, interested parties will have the opportunity to be recognized as intervenors in the case. 

The Application was filed on April 29, 2021 and deemed complete on September 1, 2021. 

The OPSB Staff will review the application and consult with other state and federal agencies. The staff's findings and recommendations will be made available prior to the case's hearings. The report will be considered as evidence in each case but the Board does not have to use the Staff's recommendations in its decision. The Staff Report was issued on October 8, 2021. 

The OPSB will hold local public and adjudicatory hearings that will be run by an administrative law judge. Citizens, interest groups and government entities will be present to give testimony on the case. At the public hearing, citizens, interest groups, and government entities that have not formally intervened and been named parties in the case have the opportunity to provide testimony on the case. At the adjudicatory hearing, parties in the case, including the applicant and any intervening parties, have the opportunity to provide testimony. 

The public hearing was held on October 26, 2021 at the Wyandot County Fair, Master's Building at 6:00 p.m. The evidentiary hearing was help on November 16, 2021 at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. 

Following the Board's decision, parties may file for rehearing of the decision. Following the rehearing process, those decisions may be appealed to the Supreme Court of Ohio.

There were no re-hearings or appeals following the certificate of environmental compatibility and public need on March 17, 2022.