In re Application of Middletown Coke Co.

{¶ 1} This case comes before us as an appeal from an administrative order of the Power Siting Board. The siting board granted the Middletown Coke Company a certificate to build a “cogeneration station,” which is part of an integrated industrial facility that will produce both purified coal and electricity. The city of Monroe, which borders the project site, appeals from that order on four grounds, mainly relating to whether the siting board erred in refusing to exercise jurisdiction over portions of the facility used to generate electricity and also to produce coke.

{¶ 2} We agree with Monroe…