Bill Text: MI HB4385 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Public utilities; consumer services; information regarding assistance programs; require to be included in shutoff notice. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 9e.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-04-02 - Referred To Committee On Energy Policy And Public Utilities [HB4385 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4385-Engrossed.html
HB-4385, As Passed House, March 31, 2009
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4385
A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled
"An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and
certain private utilities and other services affected with a public
interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy
suppliers; to provide for licensing; to include municipally owned
utilities and other providers of energy under certain provisions of
this act; to create a public service commission and to prescribe
and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan public
utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties vested by
law on the public service commission; to provide for the
continuance, transfer, and completion of certain matters and
proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses; to prohibit
certain rate increases without notice and hearing; to qualify
residential energy conservation programs permitted under state law
for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; to provide for a
restructuring of the manner in which energy is provided in this
state; to encourage the utilization of resource recovery
facilities; to prohibit certain acts and practices of providers of
energy; to allow for the securitization of stranded costs; to
reduce rates; to provide for appeals; to provide appropriations; to
declare the effect and purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies
and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 9e.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9e. (1) A provider shall include with or on any shut-off
notice the energy assistance telephone line number at the
department of human services or an operable 2-1-1 system telephone
number.
(2) As used in this section, "provider" means an electric
utility, municipally owned electric or natural gas utility,
cooperative electric utility, or alternative electric supplier, or
a natural gas utility as defined in section 9.
