Duke Energy Ohio solar export rate
What Duke Energy Ohio pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Ohio, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
Rider RE retail-energy kWh charge; no single statewide dollar rate.
Duke Energy Ohio · Ohio
Rider NM credits excess generation at the Rider RE kWh charge and permits a written annual true-up refund request.
Source: p-cd.duke-energy.com
Full Duke Energy Ohio detail →Ohio rules that apply to Duke Energy Ohio
The state framework sets the default. Where Duke Energy Ohio pays something different, the utility tariff governs and is what the card above reports.
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Regulator | Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO). Ohio's electric distribution utilities file commission-approved net-metering and interconnection tariffs. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
Other Ohio utilities
- AEP OhioFormula basedEnergy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate.
- FirstEnergy OhioFormula basedEnergy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate veri
- AES OhioFormula basedStandard Offer Rate energy component unless the customer has a net-meter contract with an alter