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Ohio Rev Code § 4906.105 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.105 | Report to the General Assembly.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 128 - 134th General Assembly|The power siting board shall submit a report to the general assembly, not later than December 1, 2021, on whether the current requirements for the planning of the power transmission system and associated facilities investment in this state are cost effective and in the interest of consumers. The board shall hold at least one public meeting before completing the report. The board shall complete the report in consultation with JobsOhio and may consult with or request the assistance of PJM interconnection regional transmission organization, L.L.C., the independent market monitor for PJM interconnection regional transmission organization, L.L.C. and other interested stakeholders, such as transmission owners. The report may include any recommendations for legislative changes to ensure transmission planning is cost effective and in the interest of consumers, including recommendations regarding any of the following: (A) Whether the definition of a major utility facility should include an electric transmission line of a design capacity at or above sixty-nine kilovolts and associated facilities the costs of which are recovered as a transmission asset by the transmission owners; (B) Whether the criteria for an accelerated certificate application should be modified; (C) Whether the certification process is sufficiently transparent; (D) Whether the board should require the following for, or determine if the following apply to, a transmission project certification application: (1) That alternative transmission projects were considered; (2) That the project was competitively bid or compared to the results of a competitive bid; (3) That the project has been considered in the context of the utility's larger transmission plan; (4) That the project has been considered in the context of the regional transmission planning process of PJM interconnection regional transmission organization, L.L.C.; (5) That the project could not have been deferred or redesigned to achieve the same operational result at a lower overall cost; (6) That the project has provided historical information for an existing transmission project or information for a planned or proposed project. Last updated May 19, 2021 at 10:06 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.11 | Opinion Stating Reason for Decision.

Effective: November 15, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly|In rendering a decision on an application for a certificate, the power siting board shall issue an opinion stating its reasons for the action taken.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.12 | Procedures of Public Utilities Commission to Be Followed.

Effective: November 15, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly|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 under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, in the same manner as if the board were the public utilities commission under such sections.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.13 | No Local Jurisdiction.

Effective: October 22, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 6 - 133rd General Assembly|(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 facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid and designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of five or more megawatts but less than fifty megawatts. The term excludes any such wind farm in operation on June 24, 2008. The term also excludes one or more wind turbines and associated facilities that are primarily dedicated to providing electricity to a single customer at a single location and that are designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of less than twenty megawatts, as measured at the customer's point of interconnection to the electrical grid.(B) 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. Nothing herein shall prevent the application of state laws for the protection of employees engaged in the construction of such facility or wind farm nor of municipal regulations that do not pertain to the location or design of, or pollution control and abatement standards for, a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm for which a certificate has been granted under this chapter.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.14 | Joint Proceedings.

Effective: November 15, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 694 - 114th General Assembly|The power siting board, in the discharge of its duties under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, may make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or without the state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with any official or agency of any state or of the United States, whether in the holding of such investigations or hearings, or in the making of such orders, the board is functioning under agreements or compacts between states or under the concurrent power of states to regulate interstate commerce, or as an agency of the United States, or otherwise. The board, in the discharge of its duties under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code, may negotiate and enter into agreements or compacts with agencies of other states, pursuant to any consent of congress, for cooperative efforts in certificating the construction, operation, and maintenance of major utility facilities in accord with the purposes of such sections and for the enforcement of the respective state laws regarding such facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.201 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.201 | Setback Requirements.

Effective: September 15, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 483 - 130th General Assembly|(A) An electric generating plant that consists of wind turbines and associated facilities with a single interconnection to the electrical grid that is designed for, or capable of, operation at an aggregate capacity of fifty megawatts or more is subject to the minimum setback requirements established in rules adopted by the power siting board under division (B)(2) of section 4906.20 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) For any existing certificates and amendments thereto, and existing certification applications that have been found by the chairperson to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code before the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 59 of the 130th general assembly, September 29, 2013, the distance shall be seven hundred fifty feet instead of one thousand one hundred twenty-five feet.(2) Any amendment made to an existing certificate after the effective date of the amendment of this section by H.B. 483 of the 130th general assembly, shall be subject to the setback provision of this section as amended by that act. The amendments to this section by that act shall not be construed to limit or abridge any rights or remedies in equity or under the common law.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.21 | Decommissioning Plan for Solar and Wind Generation Required.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) For the purposes of this section and sections 4906.21 to 4906.232 of the Revised Code: (1) "Applicant" means an applicant for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, from the power siting board to construct, operate, or maintain a utility facility, and includes any subsequent person to whom the certificate is transferred. (2) "Material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) At least sixty days prior to the commencement of construction of a utility facility, the applicant shall submit a comprehensive decommissioning plan for review and approval by the power siting board. Last updated August 18, 2021 at 11:36 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.211 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.211 | Decommissioning Plan Requirements and Estimated Costs.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The decommissioning plan submitted to the power siting board under section 4906.21 of the Revised Code shall be prepared by a professional engineer registered with the state board of registration for professional engineers and surveyors. The board may reject the engineer chosen by the applicant and to require the applicant to choose another qualified engineer. (B) The plan shall contain the following: (1) A list of all parties responsible for decommissioning; (2) A schedule of decommissioning activities, not to extend beyond twelve months from the date the utility facility ceases operation; (3) An estimate of the full costs of decommissioning the utility facility, including the proper disposal of all facility components and restoration of the land on which the facility is located to its pre-construction state. The estimate shall not take into account the salvage value of any materials from the facility. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:51 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.212 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.212 | Decommissioning Estimated Costs Recalculation.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|The estimate of the total decommissioning costs of a utility facility, as described in division (B)(3) of section 4906.211 of the Revised Code, shall be recalculated every five years by an engineer retained by the applicant. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.22 | Decommissioning Performance Bond Required.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) Prior to beginning construction, the applicant shall post a performance bond to ensure that funds are available for the decommissioning of the facility. (B) The power siting board shall be the obligee of the bond. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.221 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.221 | Decommissioning Performance Bond Amount.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|The performance bond required by section 4906.22 of the Revised Code shall be equal to the estimate of the costs of decommissioning included in the decommissioning plan described in section 4906.211 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:57 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.222 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.222 | Decommissioning Performance Bond Update.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) The performance bond for the decommissioning of a utility facility shall be updated every five years, based on the most recent estimates, as described in section 4906.212 of the Revised Code. (B) If the costs of decommissioning are greater in the most recent estimate than the costs of the immediately preceding estimate, the performance bond shall be increased proportionately. (C) If the costs of decommissioning are lower in the most recent estimate than the costs of the immediately preceding estimate, the performance bond shall not be decreased. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.30 | No Power Siting Board Certificate or Amendment for Nonconformity.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) For purposes of this section and section 4906.31 of the Revised Code, "material amendment" and "utility facility" have the same meanings as in section 303.57 of the Revised Code. (B) The power siting board shall not grant a certificate for the construction, operation, and maintenance of, or a material amendment to an existing certificate for, a utility facility, either as proposed or as modified by the board, to be constructed in the unincorporated area of a county, if the facility has any of the following: (1) A nameplate capacity exceeding that which was provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code; (2) A geographic area that is not completely within the boundaries provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code or the limited boundaries provided by that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.62 of the Revised Code; (3) A type of generation that is different than that which was provided to that county's board of county commissioners under section 303.61 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.31 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.31 | Power Siting Board Application Provided to Township and County.

Effective: October 11, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 52 - 134th General Assembly|(A) Not later than three days after an application for a certificate, or a material amendment to an existing certificate, for a utility facility is found to be in compliance with division (A) of section 4906.06 of the Revised Code by the chairperson of the power siting board or the chairperson's designee, is accepted by the power siting board, and the filing fee is paid by the applicant, the board shall provide a full and complete copy of the application to each board of trustees and each board of county commissioners of the townships or counties in which the facility is to be located. (B) The copy of the application may be provided in any of the following formats: (1) Paper copy; (2) Electronic format; (3) An electronic communication containing a link to the application, if posted on the board's web site. Last updated July 23, 2021 at 4:53 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.97 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.97 | Notice and Hearing of Complaint.

Effective: April 7, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|(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 of the Revised Code, the board shall fix a time for hearing such complaint and shall notify the person. The notice shall be served not less than fifteen days before the date of hearing and shall state the matters that are the subject of the complaint. Parties to the complaint are entitled to be heard, to be represented by counsel, and to have process to enforce the attendance of witnesses.(B) The power siting board by order or its chairperson, with written notice to the person and opportunity to respond, may require that any activity that is the subject of a complaint under division (A) of this section be suspended for the duration of the board's consideration of the complaint. Upon a showing by the party against which the complaint was filed that all matters have been addressed satisfactorily, the chairperson shall terminate the suspension.(C) After notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with division (A) of this section and upon a finding by the board that a person has violated a provision of section 4906.98 of the Revised Code, the board by order may assess a forfeiture of not more than five thousand dollars for each day of the violation, but the aggregate of forfeitures for a related series of violations shall not exceed one million dollars. In determining the amount of any forfeiture, the board shall consider all of the following:(1) The gravity of the violation;(2) The person's history of prior violations;(3) The person's good faith efforts to comply and undertake corrective action;(4) The person's ability to pay the forfeiture;(5) The cost of the project;(6) The effect of the forfeiture on the person's ability to continue as an applicant;(7) Such other matters as justice requires.(D) The attorney general, upon written request of the board, shall bring a civil action to recover any forfeiture assessed under division (C) of this section but not paid, or to seek other appropriate relief, including injunctive relief. The action shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county. The court shall give precedence to the action over all other cases.(E) All forfeitures collected under division (C) or (D) of this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.98 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.98 | Prohibited Acts.

Effective: June 24, 2008|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly|(A) No person shall construct a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm without first obtaining a certificate. (B) No person shall construct, operate, or maintain a major utility facility or economically significant wind farm other than in compliance with the certificate the person has obtained.(C) No person or economically significant wind farm shall fail to comply with any order issued pursuant to this chapter or with a suspension otherwise required under division (B) of section 4906.97 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4906.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4906 | Power Siting|Section 4906.99 | Penalty.

Effective: April 7, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly|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 ten thousand dollars for each day of violation, or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.01 | Definitions.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|As used in sections 4907.01 to 4907.63 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Telephone company," "street railway company," and "interurban railroad company" have the same meanings as in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.(C) "Railroad" has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code.(D) "Public highway" has the same meaning as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.02 | Railroad Defined.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|As used in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., and 4959. of the Revised Code, "railroad" includes any corporation, company, individual, or association of individuals, or its lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by a court, which owns, operates, manages, or controls a railroad or part of a railroad as a common carrier in this state, or which owns, operates, manages, or controls any cars or other equipment used on such a railroad, or which owns, operates, manages, or controls any bridges, terminals, union depots, sidetracks, docks, wharves, or storage elevators used in connection with such a railroad, whether owned by such railroad or otherwise, and means and includes express companies, water transportation companies, freight-line companies, sleeping car companies, and interurban railroad companies, and all persons and associations of persons, whether incorporated or not, operating such agencies for public use in the conveyance of persons or property within this state. All duties required of, and penalties imposed upon, a railroad or an officer or agent thereof insofar as they are applicable, are required and imposed upon express companies, water transportation companies, and interurban railroad companies, and upon their officers and agents. The public utilities commission has the power of supervision and control of express companies, water transportation companies, and interurban railroad companies to the same extent as railroads.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.03 | Regulation of Service.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly|Regulation of service applicable to railroads shall include:(A) The transportation of passengers and property between points within this state;(B) The receiving, switching, delivering, storing, and handling of such property;(C) All charges connected with divisions (A) and (B) of this section, including icing charges and mileage charges;(D) All railroad companies, sleeping car companies, equipment companies, express companies, car companies, freight and freight-line companies, and all associations of persons, whether incorporated or otherwise, which do business as common carriers, upon or over a line of railroad within this state;(E) A common carrier engaged in the transportation of passengers or property wholly by rail, partly by rail and partly by water, or wholly by water;(F) The regulation of all other duties, services, practices, and charges of the railroad company, incident to the shipping and receiving of freight, which are proper subjects of regulation.Such regulation shall not include or apply to the regulation of commerce with foreign nations, commerce among the several states, and commerce with the Indian tribes.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.04 | Exception.

Effective: June 11, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code do not apply to street and electric railways engaged solely in the transportation of passengers within the limits of cities, or to other private railroads not doing business as common carriers.
Ohio Rev Code § 4907.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 49 | Public Utilities|Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers|Section 4907.05 | Power to Confer With Commissioners of Other States.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The public utilities commission may confer on any matters relating to railroads by correspondence, by attending conventions, or otherwise, with the railroad commissioners of other states and with the interstate commerce commission.