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Cleveland Public Power Interconnection Rules

At a glance

Built from the official City Council minutes of April 6, May 11 and May 18, 2026. The newest minutes posted are May 18; every Council meeting after that has an agenda only, and no committee minutes are posted since April, so anything that happened after May 18 is not in this page.

  • What: Three emergency ordinances introduced May 11, 2026 rewrite the rules for connecting private generation to the Division of Cleveland Public Power's electric system.
  • Where it stands: All three were read and referred to administrative review on May 11, 2026. No later action appears in the minutes.
  • Next: Committee review; check later agendas.

Detail

  • Ordinance 587-2026 amends Section 523.25 (Interconnection Service for Distributed Generation), last amended by Ordinance 1662-09 of December 7, 2009.
  • Ordinance 588-2026 amends Section 523.26 (net metering service), also last amended in 2009.
  • Ordinance 621-2026 enacts a new Section 523.252 on interconnection into Cleveland Public Power's system by qualifying facilities, eligible large commercial customers and eligible large industrial customers, and authorizes related agreements.
  • Related: Landfill Solar Arrays.

Sources

Log

2026-05-11 - City Council

First reading of all three; referred to administrative review.

2026-11-05 - Utilities Committee

Ordinance 1171-2026, a separate Cleveland Public Power ordinance amending Chapter 523 (definitions, small non-building facility rates, joint registration), is on the agenda for discussion only.