Bill Text: MI HB4791 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities; rates; power to set rates for certain water and sewer authorities; grant to public service commission. Amends sec. 6 of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.6) & adds sec. 6t. TIE BAR WITH: HB 4790'13
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-30 - Printed Bill Filed 05/30/2013 [HB4791 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB4791-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 4791
May 29, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Heise and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
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,"
by amending section 6 (MCL 460.6), as amended by 2005 PA 190, and by
adding section 6t.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6. (1) The public service commission is vested with
complete power and jurisdiction to regulate all public utilities in
the state except a municipally owned electric or natural gas
utility, the owner of a renewable resource power production
facility as provided in section 6d, and except as otherwise
restricted by law. The public service commission is vested with the
power and jurisdiction to regulate all rates, fares, fees, charges,
services, rules, conditions of service, and all other matters
pertaining to the formation, operation, or direction of public
utilities. The public service commission is further granted the
power and jurisdiction to hear and pass upon all matters pertaining
to, necessary, or incident to the regulation of public utilities,
including electric light and power companies, whether private,
corporate, or cooperative; water, including municipally owned water
and sewer systems; telegraph, oil, gas, and pipeline companies;
motor carriers; private wastewater treatment facilities; and all
public transportation and communication agencies other than
railroads and railroad companies.
(2) A private, investor-owned wastewater utility may apply to
the commission for rate regulation. If an application is filed
under this subsection, the commission is vested with the specific
grant of jurisdictional authority to regulate the rates, fares,
fees, and charges of private, investor-owned wastewater utilities.
As used in this subsection, "private, investor-owned wastewater
utilities" means a utility that delivers wastewater treatment
services through a sewage system and the physical assets of which
are wholly owned by an individual or group of individual
shareholders.
Sec. 6t. The public service commission is vested with the
power and jurisdiction to regulate all rates, fares, fees, and
charges of any water or sewerage system that provides water supply
service or sewerage service, or both, to more than 20% of the
population of this state.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No. ____ or House Bill No. 4790(request no.
02387'13) of the 97th Legislature is enacted into law.
