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This bill: Aims to improve Ohio's electric grid and power generation by making comprehensive changes to state laws governing electric utilities, energy projects, and renewable energy resources. The bill introduces several key provisions, including establishing a new process for designating priority investment areas that can receive expedited review for energy projects, creating more flexibility for mercantile customers to develop their own power generation systems, and modifying the state's approach to renewable energy credits and energy project taxation. The bill removes certain existing provisions related to solar generation and legacy generation resources, effectively ending some previous solar energy funding mechanisms. It also updates rules around electric distribution utilities' standard service offers, competitive electric service, and customer protections, such as requiring more transparent notifications when customers' electricity rates change. Additionally, the bill transfers remaining funds from the solar generation fund to a school energy performance contracting loan fund and provides for continued investigation of past utility actions related to legacy generation resources. The legislation appears designed to modernize Ohio's energy infrastructure, provide more local control and flexibility for energy projects, and potentially reduce certain regulatory barriers to energy development.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/136/sb2