February 20, 2026–Written by Eric Funderburk for IIR News Intelligence (Sugar Land, Texas)–Introduced late last year and potentially poised to come out of committee hearings, leading to a vote on the state senate floor, Ohio’s SB-294 sets stringent criteria for the types of power generation allowed in the state, establishing a minimum capacity factor that wind and solar generation don’t meet. Advanced nuclear technology doesn’t fare well under the bill either, while natural gas generation comes away the obvious winner.
At the heart of SB294 is the requirement that the state “employ affordable, reliable, and clean energy sources,” establishing definitions for these three criteria that preclude solar, wind and advanced nuclear power technologies.
