Ohio Farm Bureau’s Director of Water Quality and Research Jordan Hoewischer and OFBF’s Director of Energy, Utility and Local Government Policy Dale Arnold discuss all things energy related in Ohio. Topics include solar leases, pipeline projects and wind energy, just to name a few.
Amy Beth Graves - Nov. 16, 2017
Solar energy companies are making a push throughout Ohio, approaching landowners about leasing their property for solar-powered projects. As with other agreements concerning natural gas, oil, wind, pipelines and electric transmission line projects, landowners need to be careful when signing…
At the end of August, FERC approved the permit to begin building the high-pressure NEXUS pipeline that will carry natural gas across northern Ohio, into Michigan and on to Canada.
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 5, 2017
Farmers in central Ohio are welcoming the expansion of POET Biorefining, saying it will increase demand for local grains, create new jobs and stimulate the overall economy in rural Ohio. In August, POET broke ground on a $120 million expansion…
As multiple pipeline projects move to construction phase throughout the state, they haven’t come without some headaches for farmers. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has seen a growing number of farmer concerns with regard to drainage activities and soil remediation…
Solar Development Informational Meeting
A widely assumed interpretation of the Dormant Mineral Rights Act was clarified by the Ohio Supreme Court in September. “A lot of people had thought under a former version of the statute that when their oil and gas rights and…
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 27, 2016
With the current slowdown in the oil and gas industry in Ohio, many landowners have been seeing smaller royalty payments. Some have reached out to Ohio Farm Bureau, saying their royalty payments are too low and questioning deductions the oil…
Amy Beth Graves - Oct. 24, 2016
Solar power technology has grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years. That means landowners are increasingly being approached about leasing part of their property for solar-powered projects. The size of the proposed projects is large – ranging…
Energy Transfer wants to build the ET Rover project, a dual, 42-inch-diameter pipeline system across the state. Several provisions giving farmers more say in how their farmland is put back together after installation have been included in the statement, said Dale Arnold, OFBF’s director of energy, utility and local government policy.
