Ohio Senators are thinking outside the box to encourage new power generation in the state. In a Tuesday committee hearing, they took up one bill establishing a community power pilot program and another allowing what’s known as virtual net metering. Both approaches allow certain power customers to benefit from relatively small, privately financed power plants. But they accomplish that in different ways. The pilot program is geared toward residential customers, while the virtual net metering program is reserved for mercantile customers like hospitals, manufacturers, and school ...