CG Fulton County LLC schedules a second public information meeting for December 17, 2024, to outline plans for an up to 199 megawatt solar-powered electric facility, and a 138 kilovolt transmission line that will be approximately 2.2 miles long in Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
CG Fulton County LLC (“the Applicant”) invites residents and other interested members of the public to participate in a second public information meeting to discuss the proposed Ritter Station Solar Project and Ritter Station Solar Transmission Line Project (the “Project”) to be located in Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio.
The generation facility will be sited on approximately 1,700 acres and have a maximum total electric capacity of up to 199 megawatts of solar-powered electric generation facility in Gorham Township, Fulton County, Ohio. The facility will consist of arrays of solar panels on racking, along with inverters, access roads, an operation and maintenance building, pyranometers, and laydown areas for construction staging. The general purpose of the Project is to maximize energy production from solar resources in order to deliver clean, renewable electricity to the regional transmission system to serve the needs of electric utilities and their customers. The Applicant plans to: file an application in January 2025; begin construction in the third quarter of 2026; and begin commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2027.
The transmission line facility will connect the Ritter Station Solar generating facility to the East Fayette Substation. The transmission line will be a 138 kilovolt transmission line that will be approximately 2.2 miles long within the Project boundary. The Applicant also plans to: file the transmission line application in January 2025; begin construction in the third quarter of 2026, and begin commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2027.
The Applicant is hosting a second public information meeting about the Projects on December 17, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., at the Fayette Local School Cafeteria, 400 East Gamble Road, Fayette, Ohio 43521. The meeting format will be similar to an open house. Maps of the location of the Project will be available to review, and Project representatives will be on hand to answer questions.
