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Blocking of Ohio solar farm hurts Napoleon panel maker

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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A decision by Ohio utility regulators to block plans for American Electric Power Co. to use power from a southeast Ohio solar farm is having an impact on a solar-panel maker in northwest Ohio.

Isofoton North America executives were counting on the $180 million project to bring new jobs to their solar-panel plant in Napoleon.

The company has 33 employees at the plant southwest of Toledo but had plans to eventually hire 330 workers.

A company official says there are other projects in the works but the company was counting on the southeast Ohio solar farm to get the factory off the ground.

The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio voted Wednesday against funding the project because they weren't sure it would project would benefit ratepayers.

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