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Read. Follow. Verify.Ohio creates a regulatory framework for fusion energy, establishes a working group, and requires a state clean-energy program review
Last action · March 18, 2026: Referred to EnergySponsors: Brian Lorenz and 2 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Ohio House Bill 736 establishes a regulatory, economic, and energy market framework for fusion energy, creates an advisory working group, and requires the Department of Development to review clean energy programs for fusion incentives.
The measure establishes rules allowing commercial self-power systems to incorporate fusion energy and directs state agencies to evaluate workforce, supply chain, and tax incentive opportunities for fusion facilities over the next several years.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Fusion energy industry
Industry representatives serve on the newly established working group and are the subject of regulatory and economic development evaluations.
Electric utility sector
Utilities are represented on the working group, and the Public Utilities Commission must adopt implementation rules applicable to electric distribution utilities.
Mercantile customers
Mercantile customers are permitted to utilize fusion energy systems within self-power systems connected directly to their side of the electric meter.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 18, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to Energy
- Mar 4, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
Version history
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Integration of Fusion into Distributed Generation
The legislation formally integrates fusion energy systems into existing mercantile customer self-power regulatory frameworks.
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Sources
www.legislature.ohio.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance65How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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