Energy Development - Ohio Farm Bureau

SB 52 changes wind, solar landscape

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.

Legal with Leah: Know your rights on wind, solar

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.

Field Day with Jordan Hoewischer: Solar farms

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.

Our Ohio Weekly: Solar Energy in Ohio

Technology for solar energy has come a long way over the past 10 years and, as a result, solar development…

REAP program can help farmers with energy efficiency

Grants and/or loan guarantees are available for small businesses to install renewable energy systems or make energy efficiency improvements.

Adhere to on-site solar checklist before signing installation agreement

Ohio Farm Bureau members across the state are looking at personal use, on-site solar as a tool to help them…

Be wary of additional settlement offers from pipeline companies

Farm Bureau members are witnessing a third and final year of regulatory agency ordered observation, repair and remediation along several…

Legal with Leah: Brown v. Artex

Oil and gas production is still a big business for Ohio. In fact, the state realized an increase in production…

Farm Bureau testifies on wind energy bill

Ohio Farm Bureau testified as an interested party in December on House Bill 401 which will change the current setback…

New law speeds up plugging of abandoned oil, gas wells

Scattered throughout Ohio is an environmental health hazard that at times is hiding in plain sight. Sometimes the only sign…