Bill Text: MI HB4673 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities; consumer services; shut-off protections for senior citizens or low-income customers; require municipally owned utilities to comply with. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 9r.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-12-15 - Assigned Pa 174'09 With Immediate Effect [HB4673 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB4673-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4673
March 19, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Mayes and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
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 9q.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9q. (1) A provider shall comply with R 460.147, 460.148,
460.149, and 460.151 of the Michigan administrative code, as in
effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section.
(2) If the commission amends R 460.147, 460.148, 460.149, or
460.151 of the Michigan administrative code after the effective
date of the amendatory act that added this section, a provider may
elect to operate in compliance with the updated rules.
(3) As used in this section, "provider" means a municipally
owned utility.
