Ban in place for photo voltaic, wind farms in all 18 native townships of Columbiana County

There’s now a ban on massive photo voltaic and wind farm arrays in all 18 townships of Columbiana County.

County Commissioners authorized bans on Wednesday for the final three townships not already lined. This implies massive vitality arrays producing greater than 50 megawatts are prohibited throughout the county. Commissioners say they approached native residents and officers to see how they felt concerning the prospect of getting such initiatives shut by.

“We did what they requested. We banned the wind and photo voltaic as a result of Columbiana County is predominantly agriculture you already know,” stated Columbiana County Commissioner Tim Weigle. “And plenty of the farmers stated they don’t need these wind and photo voltaic fields of their farmland.”

One undertaking that began earlier than the bans went into impact remains to be going ahead, however commissioners took motion Wednesday to order their proper to file questions or objections on it with The Ohio Energy Siting Board in Columbus.

“If there’s one thing comes up, we’ll, with the decision we handed would really permit our authorized counsel to intervene on our behalf if there’s one thing we see that we don’t fairly agree with,” stated Weigle.

Commissioners stated it may very well be two or three months earlier than the Ohio Energy Siting Board decides on the undertaking for Franklin Township, however earlier than that takes place, a public listening to can be held domestically to listen to from residents.