Ohio Solar Contract Cancellation

Trying to Get Out of a Solar Contract in Ohio?

If the promised savings do not match your AEP Ohio, AES Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, FirstEnergy, municipal, or cooperative electric bills, the salesperson treated net metering like a simple full-bill offset, your Electric Choice supplier handles excess generation differently than expected, the financing terms changed the economics, the installer stopped responding, you tried to cancel after an in-home sale, or solar is complicating a home sale, Solar Exit Ohio can help you review the contract, utility records, supplier terms, financing, and sales claims together.

Solar purchases, loans, leases, and power purchase agreements
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Contractor, permit, warranty, and local licensing concerns
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Ohio solar disputes can turn on net-metering credit rules, the difference between the electric utility and a competitive supplier, home-solicitation cancellation rights, local contractor requirements, financing assumptions, and what the salesperson promised. Use the shortcuts below to jump directly to the issue you need to review.

Common Ohio Solar Problems

Does Any of This Sound Familiar?

Solar problems do not always begin and end with the installer. The salesperson, dealer, lender, loan servicer, electric utility, equipment manufacturer, and installation contractor may all play different roles.

You Want to Cancel a Recently Signed Ohio Solar Agreement

Ohio does not give a three-day cancellation right for every contract, but the Home Solicitation Sales Act generally gives a buyer until midnight of the third business day to cancel a covered sale made at the home or another location outside the seller's regular place of business. Ohio also requires specific written cancellation notices for covered transactions.

Find the signed agreement and cancellation notice
Identify where the sale was solicited and signed
Save proof of any written cancellation by email, mail, fax, or personal delivery

Ohio Revised Code 1345.22 Ohio Revised Code 1345.23 Ohio Attorney General Consumer Laws

Your Net-Metering Credits Do Not Match the Sales Pitch

Ohio utility net metering does not mean every excess kilowatt-hour offsets every component of the bill at full retail value. Under the current PUCO rule, excess generation on the utility's standard net-metering tariff is converted to a monetary credit at the energy component of the utility's standard service offer and carried forward on future bills.

Compare the sales pitch to the actual utility tariff
Check the energy component used for excess-generation credits
Review whether unused credits carried forward as expected

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Ohio Revised Code 4928.67

Your Electric Choice Supplier Handles Solar Differently

Ohio is an Electric Choice state for customers of AEP Ohio, AES Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, and the FirstEnergy utilities. A competitive retail electric service provider may offer its own net-metering contract and can set the price, rate, credit, or refund for excess generation by contract. That creates an extra layer that many solar sales pitches do not explain clearly.

Identify the electric distribution utility
Identify the competitive supplier or government aggregator, if any
Review the supplier's excess-generation terms separately from the utility tariff

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Energy Choice Ohio Ohio Consumers' Counsel Energy Choice

The Financing Payment Became More Expensive Than Expected

Solar financing can be sold around an assumed tax-credit payment, long loan term, or projected utility savings. Ohio's Attorney General filed a 2026 lawsuit against a residential solar company alleging misleading savings, system-performance, financing, and tax-credit representations. Those are allegations in a pending enforcement action, but they illustrate the kinds of records Ohio homeowners should preserve.

Review the original payment schedule and any step-up provision
Check whether a large voluntary principal payment was assumed
Separate actual tax eligibility from the salesperson's projection

Ohio AG Solar Enforcement Announcement

Solar Is Delaying a Home Sale or Refinance

An Ohio solar loan, lease, PPA, payoff requirement, transfer condition, or UCC financing statement can create questions during a sale or refinance. The right answer depends on the actual contract and collateral description, not on a blanket assumption that every solar filing is a mortgage lien on the whole house.

Identify whether the system is owned, financed, leased, or under a PPA
Get payoff, buyout, or transfer requirements
Search the Ohio UCC record and review the collateral description directly

Ohio Secretary of State UCC Online Services

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Start With a Clear Review of Your Situation

You do not need to know the correct legal, financial, or utility terminology. Tell us what happened and provide the documents you have.

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Start with the problem in plain language. You do not need to know whether it is mainly a utility, Electric Choice, cancellation, financing, contractor, or home-sale issue.

Match the Deal to the Ohio Rules

We compare the sales proposal, signed agreements, utility tariff, supplier terms, financing, usage history, system size, cancellation notices, and timeline against the Ohio-specific framework.

Identify the Practical Next Steps

The next step may involve the seller, installer, lender, utility, CRES provider, PUCO, Ohio Attorney General, local building department, title company, tax professional, attorney, or another qualified professional depending on the facts.

Why Ohio Solar Problems Are Different

Ohio Solar Can Involve Both the Utility and a Separate Electricity Supplier

Ohio combines statewide net-metering rules with a competitive retail electricity market. For many homeowners, the utility still owns the wires and handles interconnection, while a separate competitive retail electric service provider or government aggregator may supply the generation portion of the bill.

That distinction matters because Ohio's current net-metering rule allows a CRES provider to define its own price, rate, credit, or refund for excess generation by contract. A homeowner can therefore have a perfectly valid utility interconnection and still receive a different export-credit result than the salesperson described.

Ohio also has a covered home-solicitation cancellation right, strong general consumer-sales protections, local contractor-licensing variability, and a real-property tax exemption for certain energy facilities at or below 250 kW. Those features give Ohio its own review framework rather than a generic solar page.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Ohio Revised Code 1345.22 Ohio Revised Code 5709.53 Energy Choice Ohio

3 business daysCancellation period for covered Ohio home-solicitation sales

120%Current PUCO sizing ceiling relative to electricity requirements at interconnection

250 kWCurrent Ohio property-tax exemption threshold for qualifying energy-facility fixtures or real property

2 layersUtility plus competitive supplier can both matter for an Electric Choice solar customer

Start With the Electric Account

In Ohio, Identify Both the Distribution Utility and the Electricity Supplier

A solar review in Ohio should start by identifying the distribution utility and then checking whether the homeowner receives generation supply from the utility's standard offer, a competitive retail electric service provider, or a government aggregation program.

AEP Ohio, AES Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, and FirstEnergy Customers

These investor-owned utility territories participate in Ohio Electric Choice. The distribution utility remains responsible for wires, meter, and interconnection, while generation supply may come from a separate supplier.

Customers on the Utility Standard Offer

For customers on the utility's standard net-metering tariff, current PUCO rules convert monthly excess generation to a monetary credit at the energy component of the utility's standard service offer and carry that credit forward.

Municipal and Cooperative Customers

Municipal utilities and electric cooperatives can operate outside the same retail-choice framework. Their local interconnection, compensation, and billing terms should be reviewed directly rather than assumed from an investor-owned utility tariff.

Why this matters:Ohio solar shorthand: the company that owns the electric wires may not be the same company setting the generation-supply terms on your bill.

How Ohio Net Metering Works

Ohio Uses Monthly Netting, but Excess Generation Is Not the Same as a Full Retail-Bill Credit

Ohio law requires regulated electric utilities to offer a standard net-metering tariff. The customer uses a bidirectional meter, and the monthly bill is based on the net electricity supplied or received. The key dispute often comes from what happens when generation exceeds consumption.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Ohio Revised Code 4928.67

Monthly Netting

If the utility supplies more electricity than the customer sends back during the monthly billing cycle, the homeowner is billed for the net electricity consumed under normal billing practices.

Excess Generation on the Utility Standard Tariff

When a customer on the utility's standard net-metering tariff sends more electricity to the utility than the utility supplies during the monthly billing cycle, current PUCO rules convert the excess to a monetary credit at the energy component of the utility's standard service offer.

Credits Carry Forward

The monetary credit continuously carries forward on future bills, but the utility is not required to cash it out. The current rule also warns that a credit may be lost if the customer stops taking service before using it.

The System Must Primarily Offset the Site

Current PUCO rules require the system to be intended primarily to offset part or all of the customer's electricity needs and generally limit sizing to no more than 120% of the site's electricity requirements at interconnection.

For an Ohio Net-Metering or High-Bill Problem, Review These Items

Serving distribution utility
Utility standard offer or competitive supplier
Interconnection agreement
Net-metering tariff or supplier contract
System size compared with prior electricity requirements
Monthly utility bills before and after solar
Excess-generation credit rate and carryforward
Proposal savings estimate and promised utility offset

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Electric Choice and Solar

A Competitive Supplier Can Change the Solar Credit Story

Ohio residential customers in AEP Ohio, AES Ohio, Duke Energy Ohio, and FirstEnergy territories can choose a competitive electricity supplier or participate in a government aggregation program. The utility still handles distribution and interconnection, but the generation supplier can be separate.

Current PUCO rules allow a competitive retail electric service provider to offer a net-metering contract at any price, rate, credit, or refund for excess generation. The supplier and customer can define those terms by contract, and a supplier is not required to offer net metering at all.

That makes the supplier contract a critical Ohio-specific document. A salesperson may have shown savings using the utility's standard-service assumptions even though the homeowner later enrolled with a different supplier whose excess-generation treatment was less favorable.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Energy Choice Ohio Ohio Consumers' Counsel Energy Choice

For an Ohio Electric Choice Solar Problem, Review These Items

Current generation supplier name
Government aggregation enrollment if applicable
Supplier terms of service
Supplier net-metering or excess-generation language
Utility interconnection agreement
Utility standard-service-offer comparison
Any sales claim that the export credit was guaranteed regardless of supplier

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Sizing, Credits, and REC Ownership

Ohio Separates System Sizing, Bill Credits, and Renewable-Energy Credits

Ohio's current net-metering rule says a customer-generator must size the facility to no more than 120% of the site's electricity requirements at the time of interconnection. That rule is meant to keep the system primarily focused on offsetting the customer's own usage.

The bill credit is only one part of the economics. Renewable-energy credits associated with the net-metering facility are the property of the customer-generator unless the customer contracted them away to a utility, competitive supplier, or another entity.

This distinction matters when a proposal uses REC value, utility credits, and avoided purchases as if they were one guaranteed savings stream. Each item should be traced to its actual contract or tariff.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28

For an Ohio Sizing or Credit Dispute, Review These Items

Three-year historical electricity usage or utility estimate
System AC size
120% sizing calculation at interconnection
Utility excess-generation credit
Competitive supplier excess-generation terms if applicable
REC ownership or assignment language
Any proposal revenue assumptions tied to RECs

Ohio Consumer Protections

Ohio Consumer Law Directly Addresses Misleading Performance, Savings, and Business Claims

Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act prohibits unfair or deceptive acts in consumer transactions. The statute specifically addresses false representations about performance characteristics, benefits, price advantages, sponsorship, warranties, and other terms of the transaction.

That framework is relevant to solar because the sales pitch can combine system performance, utility-bill savings, financing, tax credits, contractor credentials, and warranty promises. Ohio law also treats failure to obtain a required state or local license, registration, bond, or insurance as an unfair or deceptive act when one is required.

In January 2026, the Ohio Attorney General filed a lawsuit against a residential solar company alleging high-pressure sales tactics, misleading savings and production claims, confusing financing, tax-credit representations, and warranty failures. The claims are allegations, not a final court finding, but the enforcement action shows the state is actively scrutinizing these sales practices.

Ohio Revised Code 1345.02 Ohio AG Consumer Law Overview Ohio AG Solar Enforcement Announcement

For an Ohio Sales or Consumer-Protection Problem, Review These Items

Proposal and signed contract
Production and savings claims
Utility-bill offset assumptions
Financing and payment representations
Tax-credit claims
Warranty promises and service history
Any required local license, permit, bond, or registration

Ohio review question: Did the written contract and real-world results match the performance, savings, financing, tax, and warranty claims used to close the sale?

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Ohio Cancellation Rights

Covered Ohio Home-Solicitation Sales Generally Carry a Three-Business-Day Cancellation Right

Ohio's Home Solicitation Sales Act generally allows the buyer to cancel a covered sale until midnight of the third business day after signing. The right applies to certain consumer transactions made at the buyer's residence or another place outside the seller's regular place of business, subject to statutory exclusions.

Ohio allows written cancellation by certified mail, manual or personal delivery, fax, or email to the seller contact listed in the agreement. The notice does not need special wording so long as it expresses the buyer's intention not to be bound.

The seller also has written-agreement and cancellation-notice duties. For covered home-solicitation sales, Ohio requires the agreement to use the same language principally used in the oral presentation and to include the required cancellation notices. Until the seller complies, the normal three-day period may not begin to run.

Ohio Revised Code 1345.21 Ohio Revised Code 1345.22 Ohio Revised Code 1345.23 Ohio Attorney General Consumer FAQs

What to Look For

Where the contract was solicited and signed
Date the buyer signed
Language used in the oral sales presentation
Written cancellation notice and cancellation forms
Seller email, fax, and mailing address in the agreement
Proof of any timely cancellation attempt
Whether work began during the cancellation period

Ohio counts Saturday as a business day for this three-day rule. Sundays and listed legal holidays do not count.

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Contractor and Local Licensing

Ohio Does Not Have One Statewide Home-Improvement Contractor License for Every Residential Solar Job

The Ohio Attorney General tells consumers that state law does not require home-improvement contractors generally to hold a statewide license, although many Ohio cities do impose local licensing requirements. Solar homeowners therefore need to check the city, township, county, permit, and inspection rules that applied to the project site.

Ohio also has a Construction Industry Licensing Board for certain licensed trades, but the statutory definition of a covered construction project excludes residential buildings as defined in the code. Local electrical licensing, permitting, and inspection can therefore remain important for residential work.

The practical review should focus on whether the seller and installer complied with the actual local requirements, obtained necessary permits, completed inspections, and accurately represented their credentials.

Ohio AG Home Improvement Tips Ohio Revised Code 4740.01 Ohio Revised Code 715.27

An Ohio Residential Solar Project Can Involve

Solar salesperson or marketing company
Solar retailer or installation company
Local home-improvement contractor registration or license, if required
Electrical contractor or electrician subject to applicable state or local rules
Local building department and electrical inspector
Finance company or loan servicer
Electric distribution utility
Competitive retail electric service provider or government aggregator
Ohio Attorney General Consumer Protection Section
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Title company or mortgage lender during a sale or refinance

The company that sold the solar system, the installer, the finance company, the utility, and the competitive electricity supplier may all be different entities.

Financing and Savings Assumptions

Ohio Solar Financing Should Be Reviewed Separately From the Utility Savings Projection

A solar loan can remain due even when the utility savings are lower than expected. That is why the loan documents, sales proposal, utility tariff, supplier terms, tax assumptions, and actual production should be separated during review.

The Ohio Attorney General's 2026 solar enforcement action alleges that some consumers were connected with 20- to 30-year loans whose payments increased after 18 months unless a large so-called voluntary payment was made. The same lawsuit alleges misleading use of federal tax-credit expectations. Those are allegations in that specific case, but they highlight common review points.

Current IRS guidance says the Residential Clean Energy Credit is not available for property placed in service after December 31, 2025. A 2026 Ohio proposal that still assumes the old 30% homeowner credit deserves immediate scrutiny.

Cash price versus financed amount
Interest rate and loan term
Dealer fee or financed markup if disclosed
Any payment step-up or re-amortization provision
Assumed tax-credit principal payment
Actual electric-bill savings
Utility or CRES excess-generation credit assumptions

Good Ohio review question: Does the loan still make sense using the homeowner's actual utility credits and current tax rules, rather than the assumptions used in the sales presentation?

Ohio AG Solar Enforcement Announcement IRS Residential Clean Energy Credit

Property Tax and Incentive Claims

Ohio Has a Small-Energy-Facility Property-Tax Exemption, but the Federal Homeowner Credit Ended After 2025

Ohio law exempts fixtures and other real property included in an energy facility with aggregate nameplate capacity of 250 kW or less when construction or installation was completed on or after January 1, 2010. Ohio's statutory definition of an energy facility expressly includes interconnected solar panels and related equipment.

For a typical residential rooftop system, that property-tax provision is more relevant than the separate tax rules designed for large qualified energy projects. Homeowners should still confirm local assessment treatment with the county auditor when a specific property-tax question arises.

Federal tax treatment changed sharply. Current IRS guidance says the Residential Clean Energy Credit is not available for property placed in service after December 31, 2025. Any 2026 Ohio sales presentation that used the old 30% homeowner credit should be checked against the actual installation date and tax facts.

System nameplate capacity
Installation completion date
County auditor assessment if property-tax treatment is disputed
Date the system was placed in service for federal tax purposes
Any federal 30% homeowner tax-credit assumption used after 2025
Any claimed local rebate or utility program

Accurate Ohio shorthand: qualifying energy-facility property at or below 250 kW has a state-law real-property tax exemption, but the federal Residential Clean Energy Credit ended for property placed in service after December 31, 2025.

Ohio Revised Code 5709.53 Ohio Revised Code 5727.01 IRS Residential Clean Energy Credit

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Selling or Refinancing With Solar

Ohio Home Sales Can Bring Solar Financing and UCC Records Into the Closing Process

An Ohio home sale can involve a solar loan, lease, PPA, payoff requirement, transfer approval, or UCC financing statement. These documents should be reviewed separately because each can create a different closing issue.

Ohio's Secretary of State provides UCC filing and search services, including UCC-1 financing statements and UCC-3 amendments or terminations. The filing should be read by its actual debtor, secured party, and collateral description rather than automatically described as a mortgage lien on the entire home.

The homeowner should also determine whether utility or competitive-supplier service changes at closing affect net-metering credits or contracts. Current Ohio rules warn that unused utility net-metering credits may be lost if the customer stops taking service before using them.

Owned, financed, leased, or PPA structure
Transfer, assignment, or assumption terms
Payoff or buyout quote
UCC-1 and collateral description
UCC-3 termination or amendment requirements
Unused utility net-metering credits
What the title company, lender, or buyer is requesting

Ohio Secretary of State UCC Online Services Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28

If the Solar Company Closed

The Utility, Supplier, and Loan Can Keep Going Even if the Solar Seller Disappears

If the solar seller or installer closed, the homeowner should still gather the signed agreement, financing documents, utility interconnection records, supplier terms, warranties, production data, and any assignment or servicing notices. The utility and loan relationships can continue independently of the installer.

Ohio's structure makes it especially important to identify each party. The installer may be gone while the distribution utility remains active, a CRES provider continues generation supply, and a separate lender continues collecting the solar loan.

Who sold the project
Who installed the project
Who currently services the loan, lease, or PPA
Who supplies generation on the electric bill
Who holds the workmanship and equipment warranties
Whether the system remains properly interconnected
Any closure, assignment, or servicer notices

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Complaint Routing

Who Handles What in Ohio?

Ohio complaints can route through different places depending on whether the issue is a utility tariff or interconnection problem, a competitive supplier contract, deceptive solar sales, local contractor requirements, UCC records, or tax treatment.

Regulated electric utility, net-metering tariff, interconnection, or billing issuePublic Utilities Commission of Ohio

PUCO oversees regulated investor-owned electric utilities and Ohio net-metering rules. The Ohio Consumers' Counsel also directs residential utility consumers to PUCO for help resolving utility disputes and complaints.

Important: PUCO does not set every competitive supplier's contractual excess-generation rate, and municipal or cooperative utilities can have different jurisdictional treatment.

Official Resource

Competitive supplier or Electric Choice contract issueEnergy Choice Ohio / CRES Provider

Start with the supplier's terms of service and net-metering language. Ohio rules allow competitive suppliers to set their own price, credit, or refund terms for excess generation by contract.

Important: The distribution utility and competitive supplier have different roles, so a supplier-credit dispute may not be resolved by changing the utility tariff.

Official Resource

Deceptive sales, cancellation, warranty, or home-improvement consumer complaintOhio Attorney General Consumer Protection Section

The Attorney General accepts consumer complaints and enforces Ohio consumer-protection laws, including the Consumer Sales Practices Act and Home Solicitation Sales Act.

Important: The Attorney General provides an informal and voluntary dispute-resolution process and does not serve as private counsel in every contract dispute.

Official Resource

Local contractor license, permit, or inspection issueLocal City, Township, County, or Building Department

Ohio does not impose one statewide home-improvement contractor license for every residential project. Many cities and local jurisdictions have their own licensing, registration, permit, and inspection requirements.

Important: The correct office depends on the property location and type of work.

Official Resource

UCC financing statement or collateral record questionOhio Secretary of State

The Secretary of State provides online filing and search access for Ohio UCC financing statements, amendments, and terminations.

Important: A UCC filing record does not resolve the underlying contract or debt dispute by itself.

Official Resource

Current Status

Ohio Has Active Solar Consumer-Protection Enforcement

In January 2026, the Ohio Attorney General sued a residential solar company over alleged high-pressure tactics, misleading savings and production claims, financing representations, federal tax-credit claims, and warranty failures. The allegations are not a final judgment, but they are a useful checklist for reviewing a disputed sale.

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What We Review

Your Complete Solar Situation

Solar contract cancellation timing and notices
Ohio net-metering tariff and credit issues
High electric bills after solar
Electric Choice or CRES supplier problems
Excess-generation credit differences
System-sizing and 120% interconnection questions
REC ownership or assignment issues
Sales pitch / written contract mismatches
Loan payment increases or financing problems
Installer delays, abandonment, or warranty issues
Local contractor license or permit questions
Company closure and servicing issues
Home sale, transfer, payoff, and refinance issues
UCC financing statement questions
Property-tax or federal tax-credit concerns

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Documents to Gather

Signed solar agreement
Home-solicitation cancellation notice and forms
Solar loan, lease, or PPA agreement
Proposal, quote, and savings estimate
Any cancellation notice or refund request
Utility interconnection application and approval
Net-metering tariff or agreement
Competitive supplier / CRES terms of service
Government aggregation notice if applicable
Monthly electric bills before and after solar
Production monitoring reports
System size and historical electricity usage
REC ownership or assignment documents
Marketing emails, texts, advertisements, and sales notes
Contractor, permit, and inspection records
Equipment and workmanship warranties
Roof inspection or repair records
Payoff, buyout, or transfer quote
Title-company or refinance requests
UCC-1 or UCC termination filing information
Any company closure, assignment, or servicer notices

Ohio Solar Contract FAQs

Questions Ohio Homeowners Are Asking

The answer often depends on the agreement, financing, timing, utility, project status, and specific facts.

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Can I cancel a solar contract in Ohio?

Possibly. Ohio does not give a three-day right for every contract, but a covered home-solicitation sale generally can be canceled until midnight of the third business day after signing. The location and method of the sale, the statutory exclusions, and whether the seller provided the required notices all matter.

Ohio Revised Code 1345.21 Ohio Revised Code 1345.22 Ohio Revised Code 1345.23

Does Ohio net metering credit excess solar at the full retail bill rate?

Not exactly. Current PUCO rules say that on the electric utility's standard net-metering tariff, monthly excess generation is converted to a monetary credit at the energy component of the utility's standard service offer. That credit carries forward on future bills.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28

Can my Ohio electricity supplier change how excess solar is credited?

Yes, if you take generation supply from a competitive retail electric service provider. Ohio rules allow a CRES provider to define the price, rate, credit, or refund for excess generation by contract, and the provider is not required to offer net metering.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28 Energy Choice Ohio

How large can an Ohio net-metered solar system be?

Current PUCO rules generally require the customer-generator to size the facility so it does not exceed 120% of the site's electricity requirements at the time of interconnection. The utility uses prior usage data or a reasonable estimate when historical data are not available.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28

Do Ohio home-improvement contractors need a statewide license?

Not generally. The Ohio Attorney General says state law does not require home-improvement contractors to be licensed statewide, but many Ohio cities do. Solar homeowners should verify the local contractor, permit, and inspection requirements that applied to the property.

Ohio AG Home Improvement Tips

Does Ohio have a property-tax exemption for residential solar?

Ohio law exempts fixtures and other real property included in an energy facility with aggregate nameplate capacity of 250 kW or less if construction or installation was completed on or after January 1, 2010. The statutory definition of energy facility includes interconnected solar panels and related equipment.

Ohio Revised Code 5709.53 Ohio Revised Code 5727.01

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Review the Ohio Solar Deal as a Whole

The Utility, Supplier, Contract, Financing, and Sales Pitch All Need to Line Up

Ohio solar disputes are often more complicated than they first appear because the distribution utility, competitive electricity supplier, solar seller, installer, and lender can all be different companies. Start by identifying every party and every contract, then compare the actual net-metering credits, financing, production, cancellation rights, and home-sale obligations to what was promised.

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Official Ohio Solar and Consumer Resources

Verify the Rules That Apply to Your Situation

These government, regulator, utility, and first-party resources support the state-specific information on this page.

Ohio Administrative Code 4901:1-10-28

Current Ohio net-metering rule covering tariffs, sizing, excess-generation credits, CRES contracts, meters, and REC ownership.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 4928.67

Ohio statutory requirement for electric-utility net-metering tariffs and bidirectional metering.

Official Resource

Energy Choice Ohio

Official Ohio electricity-supplier comparison resource identifying residential Electric Choice utility territories.

Official Resource

Office of the Ohio Consumers' Counsel Energy Choice Guide

Official residential utility-consumer guidance explaining Ohio distribution utilities and alternative generation suppliers.

Official Resource

AEP Ohio Renewable Energy

Utility-specific Ohio net-metering and distributed-generation customer guidance.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 1345.21

Ohio Home Solicitation Sales Act definitions and exclusions.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 1345.22

Ohio three-business-day cancellation right for covered home-solicitation sales.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 1345.23

Ohio written-agreement and cancellation-notice requirements for home-solicitation sales.

Official Resource

Ohio Attorney General Home Improvement Tips

Official Ohio guidance on local home-improvement contractor licensing, contracts, permits, and payment practices.

Official Resource

Ohio Attorney General Solar Enforcement Announcement

January 2026 enforcement announcement describing allegations involving residential solar savings, performance, financing, tax credits, and warranties.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 5709.53

Ohio real-property tax exemption for qualifying energy facilities with aggregate nameplate capacity of 250 kW or less.

Official Resource

Ohio Revised Code 5727.01

Ohio statutory definition of energy facility, including interconnected solar panels and related equipment.

Official Resource

Ohio Secretary of State UCC Online Services

Official Ohio UCC filing and search resource for financing statements, amendments, and terminations.

Official Resource

IRS Residential Clean Energy Credit

Current federal guidance stating the homeowner Residential Clean Energy Credit is unavailable for property placed in service after December 31, 2025.

Official Resource

State information reviewed August 20, 2026. Laws, regulations, incentive programs, utility policies, agency responsibilities, and solar billing rules may change. Homeowners should verify current requirements with the appropriate agency, utility, lender, tax professional, attorney, or licensed contractor.