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 and certain providers of electric vehicle charging services; 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 powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; 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 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 sections 6a, 6l, 6m, and 6t (MCL 460.6a, 460.6l, 460.6m, and 460.6t), sections 6a, 6m, and 6t as amended by 2023 PA 231 and section 6l as amended by 2016 PA 341; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
House Bills 5710 and 5711 restructures Michigan's utility regulation by prioritizing reliability, affordability, and cost minimization in utility planning and rate cases, while reducing requirements related to environmental justice, renewable energy, and consumer advocacy funding.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Energy
Reported with substitute H-1
Substitute H-1 concurred in by voice vote
1. Amend page 11, following line 24, by inserting:
“(14) The commission shall not authorize a return on equity for an electric utility or natural gas utility that exceeds 7%.” and renumbering the remaining subsections.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 11, following line 24, by inserting:
“(14) An electric utility shall not recover through rates any cost associated with keeping the J.H. Campbell generating plant open.” and renumbering the remaining subsections.
The amendment failed by voice vote
1. Amend page 11, following line 24, by inserting:
“(14) Each utility shall separately track and maintain an account of all internal and external
expenditures incurred in the preparation and litigation of each of the utility’s general rate cases. Each utility shall file a detailed accounting of its actual and projected expenditures for each general rate case with its application for that general rate case under this section. The commission shall adopt
procedures for recordkeeping and filing to implement the requirements of this subsection.” and
renumbering the remaining subsections.
The amendment failed by voice vote
Substitute H-2 offered
by
The substitute failed by voice vote
Passed in the House 58 to 47 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
by
The motion prevailed by voice vote
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations