State regulators will hold a public hearing next month on a proposed natural gas power plant in Carroll County that could generate enough electricity to serve hundreds of thousands of homes.
The Ohio Power Siting Board announced it will host a local public hearing on May 21 at 6 p.m. at Carrollton Elementary School, 205 Scio Road SW, to gather input on a proposal from Chestnut Run Energy LLC.
The company is seeking approval to build a 1,300-megawatt natural gas-fired electric generation facility in Washington Township.
Plans call for the plant to occupy about 30 acres within a larger 240-acre site near the intersection of Cobbler Road NE and Mobile Road NE. The proposed location is just over a mile northeast of the existing Carroll County Energy plant, which produces about 700 megawatts.
According to the developer, the new facility could generate enough electricity to power as many as 900,000 homes.
Chestnut Run Energy is backed by an investment group affiliated with Boston-based ArcLight Capital Partners and is being developed by Advanced Power, an international energy company with U.S. operations in Boston and Houston.
The May 21 hearing will allow members of the public to provide sworn testimony about the project. Individuals wishing to speak must register upon arrival and will be called in the order they sign in. Testimony will be limited to three minutes per person, and participants may submit supporting documents during the hearing.
An evidentiary hearing is scheduled for June 3 at 10 a.m. at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio offices in Columbus. During that proceeding, the applicant, regulatory staff and any intervening parties are expected to present expert testimony and evidence.
Additional details about the proposal can be found on the OPSB website under case number 25-1065-EL-BGN.
