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Press ReleaseJanuary 20, 2014

Contact Information:Kevin Ledet, Chairerson

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GREENWICH NEIGHBORS UNITED URGE THE

OHIO POWER SITING BOARD TO ADDRESS DEFECTS IN

THE OPSB’S PROPOSED RULES

!reen"ich #ei$h%ors &nited /!#& is a lar$e and $ro"in$ $rou of local

roerty o"ners "ho have oined to$ether to romote safety and "ell(%ein$ intheir community. mon$ other thin$s, !#& has %een actively involved inre$ulatory roceedin$s that are related to roosals %y "ind farm develoers toadvance roects that "ill forever alter areas "here eole live, "or and lay.Recently, !#& and &nion #ei$h%ors &nited /&#& filed comments that raiseissues and concerns re$ardin$ the 3hio Po"er itin$ 5oard6s /3P5 roosedrules in Case #o. 12(1'71(!8(3R9.

In 9ecem%er, the 3P5 invited the u%lic to file comments on roosed chan$esto 3hio dministrative Code ection 4'0*(4(07, one of the 3P56s rules. s aresult of le$islative chan$es that modified the minimum distance or set%ac; that

aly to "ind farms, the roosed rules touched on the ne" set%acre<uirement.

=he comments "hich !#& and &#& filed e>lain that the 3P5 has failed,since etem%er 2007, to romul$ate re<uired re$ulations re$ardin$ such thin$sas the location erection, construction, reconstruction, chan$e, alteration,maintenance, removal, use, or enlar$ement, aesthetics, recreational land use,"ildlife rotection, ice thro", sound and noise levels, %lade shear, shado" flicer,decommissionin$, and necessary cooeration for site visits and enforcementinvesti$ations. =he a%sence of these re<uired re$ulations means that individualroerty o"ners that may %e ne$atively affected %y the am%itions of "ind farmdeveloers must tae on $reater resonsi%ility, at their o"n e>ense, to navi$atethrou$h the 3P56 challen$in$ rocess.

!#&6s comments also e>lain that the roosed rules are in conflict "ith 3hiola" %ecause they allo" a "ind farm develoer to evade the minimum set%acre<uirement if the develoer secures a "aiver from roerty o"ners adacent to anoncomliant "ind tur%ine. 3hio la" states that no such "aiver is valid until andunless all roerty o"ners adacent to the "ind farm roerty /not ust a tur%ine

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e>ecute a "aiver and the "aiver has %een o%tained ursuant to the roceduresecified %y the 3P5. enator 5ill eit?, Chair of the 3hio enate Pu%lic&tilities Committee, has reviously filed comments "ith the 3P5 "hich indicatethat a "aiver is not valid unless all roerty o"ners "ithin and adacent to the"ind farm roerty roerly e>ecute a "aiver. !#&6s comments also oint out

that the 3P56s roosed rules do not identify the rocedure %y "hich a "aiver must %e secured.

=hese "aiver(related defects in the roosed rules are of articular concern to!#& since *2@ of the "ind tur%ines that a "ind farm develoer "ants to lacenear !reen"ich, 3hio violate the minimum set%ac re<uirement and many of theadacent roerty o"ners are oosed to the "ind farm.

Comments re$ardin$ the 3P56s roosed rules can %e vie"ed throu$h the3P56s "e%site, htt:AA""".os%.ohio.$ov .

=o learn more a%out !#&, the "or that it is doin$ to rotect the ri$hts of localroerty o"ners and the status of the 3P56s roceedin$ re$ardin$ the!reen"ich Bind Par, an event is scheduled on e%ruary 22 from D:00 m to):00 m at outh(Central /K(7 chool.

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