Chester Township v. Power Siting Commission

The issues raised by this cause are (1) whether, under R. C. Chapter 4906, the Power Siting Commission must normally defer to local judgment about power line tower designs, (2) whether the testimony of electrical engineers about the effect of electromagnetic fields on nearby animal and plant life constitutes competent expert witness testimony on which the commission may base its determination, and (3) what is the appropriate standard of review by this court of a Power Siting Commission determination.

Chester Township poses two basic arguments to this court. The first is that Ohio townships are…