INTRODUCING EMERSON CREEK WIND
Apex Clean Energy is developing Emerson Creek Wind, a wind energy project in rural Huron and Erie Counties in Ohio. Apex has spent many years working with interested landowners and community members to design a project that complements the region's agricultural roots and fosters new economic development.
This website features information about wind energy, Emerson Creek Wind, and important upcoming events. Please use this site to send us feedback, ask questions, and stay up to date on project news and developments as the project moves forward.
ABOUT EMERSON CREEK WIND
Emerson Creek Wind offers an opportunity to address Ohio’s growing electricity demand and replace the energy from the announced numerous fossil fuel plant closings in the Midwest with clean domestic energy, while diversifying the local farm economy.
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AN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES
Emerson Creek will create jobs and generate an entirely new source of long-term revenue for local schools, governments, and landowners. In the long term, the project promises to bring sustained tax revenue to the county for the local government and schools, as well as 30 years of local purchasing, employment, and investment. Farmers who host turbines on their property and other participating landowners will also receive annual community lease payments. These payments will continue over the projected 30-year lifespan of the wind farm, injecting millions of dollars into the economies of Erie and Huron Counties to support local merchants, contractors, and equipment suppliers.
Ohio Power Siting Board Permit Application
On January 31, 2019, as supplemented on March 18, 2019, April 11, 2019, July 10, 2019, and September 12, 2019, Firelands Wind, LLC (“Applicant”) filed an application with the Ohio Power Siting Board (“Board”) for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Construct a Wind-Powered Electric Generation Facility in Huron and Erie Counties, Ohio (“Application”) for the Emerson Creek Wind Farm. This Application can be seen in full here: https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=18-1607-EL-BGN
On October 28, 2021, as supplemented on March 20, 2023 and July 26, 2023 an Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Ohio Power Siting Board was filed. This amendment was approved on November 16, 2023. Amendment application materials can be found here: https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=21-1055&x=6&y=17.
On August 30, 2024, a Second Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Ohio Power Siting Board was filed. Second Amendment application materials can be found here: https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/CaseRecord.aspx?CaseNo=24-845&x=0&y=0
In addition, the case docket for the Transmission Line can be found HERE. The docket for the Transmission Line Amendment can be found HERE
On April 28th, 2025, a Third Amendment to the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity issued by the Ohio Power Siting Board was filed. The Third Amendment application materials can be found here: https://dis.puc.state.oh.us/ViewImage.aspx?CMID=A1001001A25D28B23126H02639. The Third Amendment shifts the location of the originally proposed permanent meteorological towers and adds the ability to use LIDAR facilities. The Third Amendment also includes minor modifications and engineering-level shifts to collection lines and access roads. These shifts do not result in any substantial change in impacts from the Certificated Layout.