GREENFORD -- "Before it can be installed, however, the proposal has to receive approval from the Ohio Power Siting Board, which developed five phases that includes hearings, all of which could take several months to finish after the application is reviewed. For decades, the OPSB had sole oversight for projects such as Matador, Null noted.

Another possible complication for the project is the passage of Ohio Senate Bill 52, which provides an additional layer of county control in the process, including adopting zones where such solar farms would be restricted, he continued."

--Sean Barron, the Salem News

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