Public hearing set for wind farm projects

VW independent/submitted information

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) will hold a public hearing to provide area residents an opportunity to testify about Paulding Wind Farm III’s proposal to construct a 138 kilovolt (kV) transmission line and associated switchyard in Benton and Harrison townships in Paulding County.

The 8-mile long transmission line would connect the Timber Road I and III wind farms to American Electric Power’s 138 kV Lincoln-Sterling transmission circuit.

The public hearing is scheduled for Thursday, April 21, at Wayne Trace Junior-Senior High School, 4915 U.S. 127 in Haviland.

The adjudicatory hearing in the case will begin at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 28, at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, hearing room 11-D, 180 E. Broad St. in Columbus.

Additional information regarding the proposal is available on the Ohio Power Siting Board’s website at www.opsb.ohio.gov in case number 15-1737-EL-BTX.