Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4906 - Power Siting

• Section 4906.01 - Power Siting Definitions.
  As used in Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code: (A) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, association, estate, trust, or partnership or any...
• Section 4906.02 - Power Siting Board Organization.
  (A) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairman of the public utilities commission, the...
• Section 4906.03 - Powers And Duties Of Power Siting Board.
  The power siting board shall: (A) Require such information from persons subject to its jurisdiction as it considers necessary to assist in the conduct...
• Section 4906.04 - Certificate Required For Construction Of Major Utility Facility.
  No person shall commence to construct a major utility facility in this state without first having obtained a certificate for the facility. The replacement...
• Section 4906.05 - Certificate Exemptions.
  No certificate is required for a major utility facility on which construction had already commenced on October 23, 1972, or within two years thereafter....
• Section 4906.06 - Certificate Application.
  (A) An applicant for a certificate shall file with the office of the chairperson of the power siting board an application, in such form...
• Section 4906.07 - Public Hearing On Application.
  (A) Upon the receipt of an application complying with section 4906.06 of the Revised Code, the power siting board shall promptly fix a date...
• Section 4906.08 - Parties - Testimony.
  (A) The parties to a certification proceeding shall include: (1) The applicant; (2) Each person entitled to receive service of a copy of the...
• Section 4906.09 - Record Of Hearing.
  A record shall be made of the hearing and of all testimony taken. Rules of evidence, as specified by the power siting board, shall...
• Section 4906.10 - Basis For Decision Granting Or Denying Certificate.
  (A) The power siting board shall render a decision upon the record either granting or denying the application as filed, or granting it upon...
• Section 4906.11 - Opinion Stating Reason For Decision.
  In rendering a decision on an application for a certificate, the power siting board shall issue an opinion stating its reasons for the action...
• Section 4906.12 - Procedures Of Public Utilities Commission To Be Followed.
  Sections 4903.02 to 4903.16 and 4903.20 to 4903.23 of the Revised Code shall apply to any proceeding or order of the power siting board...
• Section 4906.13 - No Local Jurisdiction.
  (A) As used in this section and sections 4906.20 and 4906.98 of the Revised Code, "economically significant wind farm" means wind turbines and associated...
• Section 4906.14 - Joint Proceedings.
  The power siting board, in the discharge of its duties under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, may make joint investigations, hold joint hearings...
• Section 4906.15 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 12-14-1977
• Section 4906.20 - Certificate Required To Construct Certain Wind Farms.
  (A) No person shall commence to construct an economically significant wind farm in this state without first having obtained a certificate from the power...
• Section 4906.201 - Setback Requirements.
  (A) An electric generating plant that consists of wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is designed...
• Section 4906.97 - Notice And Hearing Of Complaint.
  (A) Upon a finding by the power siting board that there are reasonable grounds to believe that a person has violated a provision of...
• Section 4906.98 - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) No person shall construct a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm without first obtaining a certificate. (B) No person shall construct,...
• Section 4906.99 - Penalty.
  Whoever willfully violates any provision of section 4906.98 of the Revised Code may be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than...

Last modified: October 10, 2016