This week, the OMA provided interested party testimony to the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee on Senate Bill 275, sponsored by Sen. Matt Dolan, to create a virtual net-metering mechanism for local generation sited at brownfields and other similarly affected properties.

While the OMA supports the premise of the bill to allow many types of eligible electric generation technologies for virtual net-metering, the current language allows for shifting of benefits. The OMA has suggested that the bill be amended to include language that ensures the savings accrued by a project would go back to the customer whose investment produced the savings. 11/20/2024