Ohio solar export compensation
What Ohio pays for exported rooftop solar power, with the source and the date each figure was checked.
Record verified 2026-09-16 · 17 of 17 fields sourced
What does your utility pay?
No single rate — formula based
Energy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate.
AEP Ohio · Ohio
Schedule NEMS converts monthly net excess energy to a monetary credit; AEP says it does not buy the electricity and credits are carried forward.
Source: aepohio.com
Full AEP Ohio detail →Ohio has not replaced net metering with a statewide power-purchase rate: current Ohio Administrative Code requires each electric utility to offer a standard net-metering tariff. For standard utility service, monthly excess generation becomes a monetary credit at the utility's standard-service-offer energy component and carries forward, but the utility need not cash it out. AEP Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, FirstEnergy's Ohio Edison/Toledo Edison/CEI utilities, and AES Ohio operate utility-specific tariffs under the statewide rule; competitive suppliers may contract at other rates.
Program details
| Compensation mechanism | Utility net metering, not a statewide fixed power-purchase rate: monthly excess electricity is converted to a monetary bill credit at the electric utility's standard-service-offer energy component. A competitive retail electric service (CRES) provider may instead offer a contract at any price, rate, credit, or refund for excess generation. |
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| Export rate | No single statewide dollar rate. Under the standard utility tariff, excess electricity is credited at the energy component of the applicable electric utility's standard service offer; distribution and transmission components are not credited. CRES contract rates may differ. |
| Rate effective | The export-credit rate is the energy component of the customer's utility standard service offer in effect for the applicable billing period; the statewide rule does not publish one fixed statewide number. |
| Credit rollover | Yes. Monetary credits continuously carry forward on the customer-generator's future bills. |
| Credit expiration | No fixed statewide expiration period is stated. The monetary credit may be lost if the customer-generator does not use it or stops taking service from the electric utility; credits may also be lost when the customer relocates because they are associated with the current premise. |
| Annual true-up | No mandatory statewide annual cash true-up is specified for standard utility net metering. A customer may request a refund only where the utility tariff permits it; Duke Energy Ohio's filed Rider NM permits a written refund no greater than an annual true-up of accumulated credits over twelve months. |
| Residential system cap | A customer-generator must size its facility so it does not exceed 120% of its electricity requirements at the time of interconnection. The rule does not create a separate residential nameplate-kW cap. |
| Commercial system cap | The same statewide 120%-of-requirements limit applies to customer-generators regardless of whether they use a utility tariff or a CRES contract; the rule does not state a separate commercial nameplate-kW cap. |
| Aggregate program cap | No statewide aggregate enrollment or program-capacity cap is stated in the current net-metering rule. The rule instead directs each electric utility to develop a standard net-metering tariff. |
| Program status | Open under the current statewide rule and utility tariffs, subject to eligibility, interconnection approval, and the 120%-of-requirements sizing limit; no statewide aggregate cap is stated. |
| Regulator | Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Ohio's electric distribution utilities file commission-approved net-metering and interconnection tariffs. |
| Docket | There is no single statewide net-metering docket identified in the current rule. Utility-specific tariffs cite their own approval proceedings; for example, AEP Ohio's Schedule NEMS was filed pursuant to the November 17, 2021 order in Case No. 20-585-EL-AIR. |
| Governing rule | Ohio Administrative Code Rule 4901:1-10-28 (Net metering), with interconnection standards in OAC Chapter 4901:1-22 and utility tariffs filed under those rules. |
| Grandfathering | No statewide grandfathering promise is stated in the current rule. AEP Ohio's tariff materials expressly say current tariff terms do not convey a right to those terms in the future and provide no grandfathered rights if the Commission changes the applicable rules or tariffs. |
| Interconnection application | Contact the local electric utility and request an interconnection-service application for the proposed generating equipment. After interconnection, request the utility's net-metering tariff; the utility must provide eligibility, tariff, agreement, and cost information. |
| Interconnection timeline | Ohio utilities must acknowledge receipt and completeness of an interconnection application within 10 business days. Review targets vary by level; AES Ohio publishes Level 1 approval notice within 10 days, Level 2 within 20 days, and Level 3 study/agreement milestones, with Level 3 commonly taking six months to a year. |
| Pending change | No statewide pending net-metering rate change or replacement mechanism was verified in the primary sources reviewed. The current rule remains effective April 8, 2024 and was last updated March 10, 2026. |
Rates by utility
State rules set the framework. Individual utilities often pay something different, and where they do the utility tariff governs.
| AEP Ohio | Energy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate. Applicable standard-service-offer tariff in effect for the billing period Schedule NEMS converts monthly net excess energy to a monetary credit; AEP says it does not buy the electricity and credits are carried forward. |
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| Duke Energy Ohio | Rider RE retail-energy kWh charge; no single statewide dollar rate. Rider NM filed tariff effective January 2, 2019; rate component changes under the applicable tariff Rider NM credits excess generation at the Rider RE kWh charge and permits a written annual true-up refund request. |
| FirstEnergy Ohio Edison / Toledo Edison / Cleveland Electric Illuminating | Energy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate verified. Applicable utility tariff in effect for the billing period The statewide rule requires each electric utility to offer a standard net-metering tariff; the three FirstEnergy Ohio utilities are separate tariffed EDUs. |
| AES Ohio | Standard Offer Rate energy component unless the customer has a net-meter contract with an alternate generation supplier; no single statewide dollar rate. Applicable AES Ohio Standard Offer Rate in effect for the billing period AES Ohio says excess generation receives a generation credit and remaining credit offsets future bills; interconnection approval is required. |
Sources read for this record
- codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/rule-4901:1-10-28
- codes.ohio.gov/ohio-administrative-code/chapter-4901:1-22
- puco.ohio.gov/utilities/electricity/resources/net-metering
- puco.ohio.gov/utilities/electricity/resources/interconnection-applicant-info
- aepohio.com/lib/docs/cleanenergy/renewable/NetEnergyMeteringService2023-01-18.pdf
- p-cd.duke-energy.com/-/media/pdfs/for-your-home/rates/electric-oh/sheet-no-48-rider-nm.pdf?
- aes-ohio.com/interconnection
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- Arizona — Set per utility, not statewide. APS: $0.05554/kWh. TEP: $0.0513/kWh, w
- California — No single statewide export rate. Compensation is set by the CPUC Avoid
- Colorado — No single statewide dollar export rate. Under ordinary net metering, m
- Connecticut — Netting export rate is a formula, not a single statewide dollar figure
- Florida — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh export rate. Monthly net exports ar
- Georgia — 3.2188¢/kWh solar avoided cost for 2026, plus 4¢/kWh adder for RNR-Ins
- Hawaii — Hawaiian Electric Smart Renewable Energy Export rates for 2024-2026, i
- Illinois — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate. For new residential and small
- Indiana — Utility-specific EDG rates, not one statewide rate; the verified utili
- Louisiana — Avoided-cost export rates effective in 2026 are $0.0386407/kWh for Ent
- Maryland — No single statewide export price: for the annual-accrual option, net e
- Massachusetts — No single statewide dollar-per-kWh rate. For ordinary qualifying solar
- Michigan — Utility- and rate-schedule-specific, not one statewide flat rate. DTE'
- Minnesota — There is no single statewide dollar export rate. Xcel's latest posted
- Missouri — Utility-specific avoided-fuel-cost/cogeneration rate, not a single sta
- Nevada — Tier 4 exports are credited at 75% of the applicable retail rate; Nort
- New Jersey — One-for-one retail-rate credit against delivered electricity during th
- New York — No single statewide $/kWh rate. The Value Stack is calculated from uti
- North Carolina — No single statewide export rate exists. For the current DEC NMB and RS
- Oregon — Full retail rate for each rate component on the bill that uses kWh as
- Pennsylvania — No single statewide dollar rate: full retail kWh rate for monthly offs
- South Carolina — No single statewide export rate exists. Santee Cooper's DG-25 rider li
- Tennessee — NESolar Connect publishes seasonal base rates of $0.07363/kWh summer,
- Texas — No statewide rate. Published municipal examples include Austin Energy
- Utah — Schedule 137: 4.855 cents/kWh for exports in June through September; 4
- Virginia — No single statewide rate exists. APCo Rider N.M.S. II lists total avoi
- Washington — Applicable retail energy rate / kWh credit under the customer's utilit
- Wisconsin — Utility-specific. 2026 examples are WEPCO CGS-NM residential/secondary