The conversation about solar energy in Ohio continues this week with two Ohio Farm Bureau experts who discuss more details about community solar.
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The U.S. Department of Energy defines community solar as any solar project or purchasing program, within a geographic area, in which the benefits of a solar project flow to multiple customers such as individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and other groups. To talk more about contracts, liability, taxes and eminent domain around solar energy, Our Ohio Weekly host Ty Higgins brings back Dale Arnold, Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of energy policy; and Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis.
00:00 – Dale Arnold, Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of energy policy and Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel Leah Curtis talk about community solar leases, how eminent domain fits into the solar discussion and how your tax situation may change if you become involved in a lease.
23:50 – On this week’s To the Beat of Agriculture, hear the story of a man, recently crowned a champion, who comes from a family steeped in the rich tradition of auctioneering.
32:20 – The 2022 Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Policy Development Committee has begun its work of collecting and organizing public policy recommendations from county Farm Bureaus and will present the final policy suggestions to be voted on by Ohio Farm Bureau’s delegates during the state annual meeting in December. Ohio Farm Bureau Senior Director of Policy Development Dr. Larry Antosch discusses some of the issues the committee will be tackling.
42:20 – Ohio State University Extension is offering additional opportunities for adults and teens to take free Mental Health First Aid classes. Bridget Britton, Behavioral Health field specialist, Tuscarawas County OSU Extension has the details.
Dale Arnold, director of energy development at Ohio Farm Bureau, led an informational session regarding and then had an exclusive discussion regarding solar issues with current Farm Bureau members.
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Farm Bureau members were able to walk away from this discussion with more knowledge about energy market trends such as coal, oil & gas, nuclear, hydrogen, and solar.
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Rapid growth in solar projects brings the potential for problems, but lessons learned from pipeline and wind energy projects can help head off those concerns.
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Learn more about community solar leases, how eminent domain fits into the solar discussion and how your tax situation may change if you become involved in a lease.
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That growing interest in solar energy in the Buckeye State has led to difficult discussions, tough decisions and a divide in opinion across the countryside. On this Our Ohio Weekly, we talk all things solar with two Ohio Farm Bureau experts.
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Approximately 60 Farm Bureau members attended the solar informational meeting.
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As for the 2021 RVO and the proposed revision to the 2020 RVO, the letter addresses serious concerns Ohio Farm Bureau has about EPA’s questionable use of its ‘reset’ authority.
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A recently enacted piece of legislation regarding solar and wind power signals a shift in landowner rights when it comes to the location of these energy developments.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Policy Counsel, Leah Curtis, talks about the consequences of SB 52 and what those in a lease or thinking about a lease need to know.
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Jordan Hoewischer talks with Dale Arnold, director, energy, utility and local government at Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, about the growing solar farm movement in Ohio.
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