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How OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company) credits home solar

What happens to the solar power your home sends to the grid, the size limits, and the steps to connect, checked against OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company)'s own tariffs and the state rules.

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What happens to the solar power you send to the grid

OG&E, a regulated, investor owned electric company, supplies power across 30,000 square miles in Oklahoma and western Arkansas.

Net Energy Billing Option (NEBO)

How OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company) credits exports

  • OG&E credits home solar in Oklahoma under its Net Energy Billing Option (NEBO), which requires the customer to take service on OG&E's standard time of use rate and to sign OG&E's Standard Electricity Purchase Agreement for Small Power and Cogeneration Facilities.
  • Within each monthly billing period, the energy the system produces is netted against the energy the home uses, and only the kilowatt hour portion of the bill is affected.
  • If the system sends more energy to the grid than the home uses during the month, the excess is credited, or paid, in dollars in the next billing period at OG&E's on peak or off peak avoided energy cost, which the tariff bases on Southwest Power Pool day ahead market prices.
  • If a credit carries forward longer than 24 consecutive months or grows past a limit set in the tariff, OG&E or the customer may choose a one time payment, a credit follows the customer to a new OG&E account, and any credit left when a customer leaves OG&E's system is paid out when the account closes.
  • This follows the Oklahoma Corporation Commission's net energy billing rule, OAC 165:40-9, which requires net excess energy for each monthly billing period to be credited or paid in dollars at the utility's avoided energy cost.

The rule behind it

Oklahoma Corporation Commission optional net energy billing rule and distributed generation statute, OAC 165:40-9; 17 O.S. § 156

The program

Net Energy Billing Option (NEBO), Standard Pricing Schedule NEBO, 7th Revised Sheet No. 70.10

Recent changes

OG&E's current NEBO schedule, 7th Revised Sheet No. 70.10, took effect January 1, 2025 under Oklahoma Corporation Commission Order No. 745601, and OG&E revised its Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Standards on May 14, 2026.

Before you connect

Limits, and the steps to get connected

Limits and eligibility

  • NEBO is available to residential customers whose generator nameplate rating is 300 kW or less, which OG&E's FAQ describes as 300 kW AC rated.
  • A system with generating capacity greater than 125 percent of the customer's peak load is not eligible for NEBO and is billed under OG&E's qualifying facility tariff instead, with peak load first set from the customer's peak demand in the 12 months before requesting NEBO.
  • The system must be on the customer's premises and is meant to offset only the energy OG&E would otherwise supply at that location, and usage from multiple service points cannot be combined.
  • OG&E may limit the total number of net energy installations on any distribution circuit or substation because of operational concerns.

How a home gets connected

  1. Before installing, the homeowner or installer submits an interconnection application through OG&E's online PowerClerk portal, and OG&E says its net metering application review takes 30 business days from receipt of a complete application.
  2. Inverter based systems of 10 kW or less with UL 1741 certified inverters are approved without engineering review once the application is complete, a visible break, lockable disconnect is installed outdoors within 10 feet of the meter, OG&E has installed the metering, and the customer has signed OG&E's purchase agreement; other systems go through OG&E's expedited review or full study process.
  3. OG&E supplies an additional meter base that the customer installs next to the disconnect for a meter that records the system's production, and Oklahoma net metering customers also need a bidirectional meter that records energy delivered and received.
  4. After installation, the system must be inspected and certified by the local, state or federal authority having jurisdiction, or by a licensed electrician or licensed professional engineer when no government authority has jurisdiction, and OG&E collects a certificate of completion signed by the customer and the inspector at energization.
  5. The system may not operate until OG&E approves the interconnection application and provides Permission to Operate, and OG&E says reprogramming the meter can take up to seven business days after the interconnection and net metering applications are approved.

Federal tax credit

The residential solar credit (section 25D) ended for systems completed after 2025. What that means in 2026.

Where we work

Cities we cover in OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company)'s area

Each city page adds who issues permits there, with links to the official sources.

Oklahoma City, OKOG&E

State rules

Oklahoma solar rulesThe state law, the main utilities, and the cities we cover

Questions

Common questions about OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company) and solar

Does OG&E offer net metering for home solar in Oklahoma?

Yes. OG&E's Oklahoma net metering option is the Net Energy Billing Option (NEBO), available for systems of 300 kW or less, and OG&E says time of use pricing is required for solar customers. Solar output offsets the home's use within each monthly billing period, and any monthly excess is credited or paid in dollars in the next billing period at OG&E's avoided energy cost.

Can I turn on my solar panels before OG&E approves them?

No. OG&E says you cannot operate a generating facility until OG&E has approved your interconnection application and provided Permission to Operate. OG&E also says an interconnection application is required for every generating facility that can send energy to its system, including systems that use microinverters.

What happens to my OG&E solar credit if I move?

Under the NEBO tariff, a credit is transferred to your new account if you transfer service within OG&E. If you leave OG&E's system with a NEBO credit on your bill, OG&E processes a one time payment as part of closing the account.

Is there still a federal tax credit for home solar?

The federal residential clean energy credit, section 25D, ended for home solar expenditures made after December 31, 2025, under the law signed July 4, 2025. The IRS treats the expenditure as made when installation is completed, so a system completed in 2026 does not qualify even if it was paid for earlier.

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Sources (checked September 26, 2026)

Tariffs and programs change, so confirm current terms with OG&E (Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company) before you decide.

Answers homeowners look for

Is the federal solar tax credit still available in 2026?No, not for a home solar system completed in 2026.Can an HOA stop you from installing solar panels?Oklahoma: No statewide law foundDo solar panels raise your property taxes?Oklahoma: No statewide exemption found

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