FirstEnergy Ohio solar export rate
What FirstEnergy Ohio pays for power exported from rooftop solar in Ohio, with the source and the date it was checked.
No single rate — formula based
Energy component of the applicable standard service offer; no single statewide dollar rate verified.
FirstEnergy Ohio · Ohio
The statewide rule requires each electric utility to offer a standard net-metering tariff; the three FirstEnergy Ohio utilities are separate tariffed EDUs.
Source: codes.ohio.gov
Full FirstEnergy Ohio detail →Ohio rules that apply to FirstEnergy Ohio
The state framework sets the default. Where FirstEnergy 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.
- Duke Energy OhioFormula basedRider RE retail-energy kWh charge; no single statewide dollar rate.
- AES OhioFormula basedStandard Offer Rate energy component unless the customer has a net-meter contract with an alter