Sloopy Solar Energy LLC will be holding its first public informational meeting on July 8, 2025 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Hollenbeck Bayley Creative Arts Conference Center at Clark State College, 275 South Limestone Street, Springfield, OH 45505, in order to provide the public wih an opportunity to become informed about the Project and ask questions. Information addressing the facility will be made available through an open-house, poster board session format. Attendees may arrive anytime between 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to engage with Sloopy Solar Energy LLC representatives on hand to answer questions and solicit comments regarding the facility. Sloopy Solar Energy LLC plans to hold a second public informational meeting later this summer and will send a separate letter leading up to that meeting.

Sloopy Solar anticipates filing an application with the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) within 90 days of the second public informational meeting. OPSB’s case number for the project is 25-0636-EL-BGN, and the filings made with the OPSB in the Sloopy Solar case can be viewed on the Public Utilities Commission website. Upon the receipt of the application, OPSB will review the application to determine if it is complete so OPSB staff can begin its investigation.  Should OPSB find the application complete, OPSB will set a date for public hearing. The public hearing consists of two parts: a public hearing where OPSB will accept written or oral testimony, and an adjudicatory hearing. 15 days prior to the public hearing, OPSB’s staff will submit a written report on the Project.

OPSB accepts written comments on the Project from interested persons at any time, as well as written or oral testimony from any person at the public hearing. Petitions to intervene in the adjudicatory hearing will be accepted by OPSB in accordance with a deadline set by OPSB.  To request notification of the public hearing or submit comments in the docket contact OPSB at 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215, 1-866-270-6772, or contact OPSB@puco.ohio.gov. Petitions to intervene should be addressed to Docketing Division, the Ohio Power Siting Board, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215 or can be electronically filed. All correspondence and petitions to intervene must include reference to Case No. 25-0636-EL-BGN.