Act

MICHIGAN PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.1— Public service commission; creation; members, appointment, qualifications, terms, vacancies
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.2— Public service commission; oath, chairman, removal, quorum, seal, offices
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.3— Public service commission; salary and expenses of members; appointment of secretary, deputies, clerks, assistants, inspectors, heads of divisions, and employees; payment of salaries and expenses; employment and compensation of engineers and experts; actual and necessary expenses; duties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.4— Michigan public service commission; rights, privileges, and jurisdiction; meaning of certain references; review of order or decree
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.4a— Effect of executive reorganization orders; funding; commission as autonomous entity; appointment of chairperson; transfers of authority
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.5— Public service commission; books, records, files
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.5a— Annual report
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6— Public service commission; power and jurisdiction; "private, investor-owned wastewater utilities" defined
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6a— Gas, electric, or steam utility; commission approval to increase rates and charges or to amend rate or rate schedules; petition or application; notice and hearing; partial and immediate relief; issuance of temporary order; refund; interest; automatic fuel, purchased gas, or purchased steam adjustment clause; rules and procedures; adjustment clauses operating without notice and hearing abolished; separate hearing; recovery of cost; final decision; filing time extension; approval of transportation rate schedules or transportation contracts; forms and instructions; recovery of amount by merchant plant; limitation; adjustment; orders to permit recovery under subsections (9) and (10); revenue decoupling mechanism; tariff; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6aa— Commission; public meetings
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6b— Gas utility rates based upon cost of purchased natural gas; authority of commission; acceptance of employment with utility by member of legislature
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6d— Owner of renewable resource power production facility; exemption from regulation and control of public service commission; definition
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6g— Definitions; regulation of rates, terms, and conditions of attachments by attaching parties; hearing; authorization; applicable procedures
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6h— Incorporation of gas cost recovery clause in rate or rate schedule of gas utility; definitions; order and hearing; filing gas cost recovery plan and 5-year forecast; gas supply and cost review; final or temporary order; incorporating gas cost recovery factors in rates; filing revised gas cost recovery plan; reopening gas supply and cost review; monthly statement of revenues; gas cost reconciliation; commission order; refunds, credits, or additional charges to include interest; apportionment; exemption; setting gas cost recovery factors in general rate case order
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6i— Initial gas cost recovery plan; filing; alteration of rate schedule in accordance with existing purchased gas adjustment clause; charges in excess of base rates; revenues subject to existing reconciliation proceedings; purchased gas revenues subject to annual reconciliation; procedures; adjustment of rates pending approval or disapproval of gas cost recovery clause in final commission order
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6j— Definitions; incorporation of power supply cost recovery clause in electric rates or rate schedule of electric utility; order and hearing; filing power supply cost recovery plan and 5-year forecast; power supply and cost review; final or temporary order; incorporating power supply cost recovery factors in rates; filing revised power supply cost recovery plan; reopening power supply and cost review; monthly statement of revenues; power supply cost reconciliation; commission order; refunds or credits or additional charges to customers; apportionment; interest; exemption; setting power supply cost recovery factors in general rate case order
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6k— Initial power supply cost recovery plan; filing; alteration of rate schedule in accordance with adjustment clause; charges in excess of base rate; revenues subject to existing reconciliation proceedings; revenues resulting from certain adjustment clauses subject to existing reconciliation proceedings; revenues subject to annual reconciliation; procedures; lag correction provision; adjustment of rates pending approval or disapproval of power supply cost recovery clause
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6l— Insuring equitable representation of interests of energy utility customers; definitions; utility consumer participation board; creation; powers and duties; number and appointment of members; “utility” defined; member requirements; terms; vacancy; removal of member; meetings; quorum; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; conducting business of board at public meeting; public notice; availability of writings to public; expense reimbursement and remuneration
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6m— Utility consumer representation fund; creation as special fund; investment and release of money; remittance by energy utility; factor; action for recovery of disputed amount; action on application for energy cost recovery proceedings; conditions; acceptance of gift or grant; payment of operating costs and expenses; net grant proceeds to finance grant program; application form; consideration; encouraging representation of different consumer interests; criteria; joint filing; disbursements; notice of availability of fund; use of annual receipts and interest; retention of certain amounts; conditions applicable to grants; reports
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6n— Restructuring of residential electric rates; hearings; revenue impact; purpose and basis of restructured rates; penalizing residential customers prohibited; informing public of conservation advantages; contents of customer's bill; costs; applicability of section
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6o— Definitions; power purchase agreements for purchase of capacity and energy from resource recovery facilities; rates, charges, terms, and conditions of service; scrap tire; applicability of section; dispute provisions; filing agreement; commencement of contested case proceeding; approval of agreement; energy rate component; capacity rate component; determination of reserve margin, reserve capacity, or other resource capability measurement; annual accounting
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6p— Rates subject to electric transmission line certification act
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6q— Acquisition, control, or merger with jurisdictional regulated utility; approval of commission; notice and hearing; issuance of order; rules; filing comments; access to data and information; evaluation factors; terms and conditions; confidential information; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6r— Definitions; steam supply cost recovery clause; filing steam supply cost recovery plan and 3-year forecast; requirements; steam supply and cost review; temporary or final order; filing detailed statement; commencement of steam supply cost reconciliation; order of refunds or credits; rate of interest; filing report with governor and legislature
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6s— Electric generation facility; application; review criteria and approval standards; order granting or denying certificate of necessity; hearing; reports; inclusion of costs in utility's retail rates; refunds; interest; modifying or canceling approval of certificate of necessity; filing forms and instructions; integrated resource plan; financing interest cost recovery in utility's base rates; submission of alternative proposal; order subject to judicial review
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6t— Integrated resource plan
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6u— Study; review of performance-based regulation systems; report; authority of commission
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6v— Proceeding to reevaluate procedures and rates schedules; report; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6w— Resource adequacy tariff that provides for capacity forward auction; option for state to implement prevailing state compensation mechanism for capacity; order to implement prevailing state compensation mechanism; contested case proceeding; finding; order to implement state reliability mechanism; capacity charge; establishment; determination; failure to meet requirements in subsection (8)(b); civil action for injunctive relief; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.6z— Discontinuing utility service to geographic area; abandonment application; proposal to retire electric generating plant; proposal to revise existing load balancing authority
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.7— Railroad labor unions; representatives; right to participate in hearings
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.8— Voluntary associations; hearings; persons entitled to appear; industrial representative
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9— Definitions; customer switched to alternative gas supplier or natural gas utility; prohibitions; standards; rules; violation; remedies and penalties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9b— Alternative gas suppliers; licensing procedure; maintenance of office; capabilities; records; tax remittance
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9c— Customer on active duty in military; shut-off protection
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9d— Unauthorized use of electric or natural gas service causing unsafe connection; action to be taken by utility; reestablishment of service; abandonment or surrender of property; scope of section; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9m— Service shutoff resulting in death or serious injury; notice to commission; investigation; civil action; "provider" defined
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9o— Identification of senior citizen customers; methods; compliance within certain time period; extension; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9p— Failure of utility to meet requirements of act; commencement of civil action; notice; compliance agreement; final order; costs of litigation; fines; construction and limitation of act
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9q— Shut off or termination of service; conditions; reasons; notice requirements; prohibitions; attempts to contact customer; documentation; restoration of service; vulnerable household warmth fund; creation; use of funds; payments; distribution; priority; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9r— Shut off of service by municipally owned electric utility; prohibitions; requirements; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9s— Postponement of service shutoff; conditions; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.9t— Low-income energy assistance fund
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10— MCL 460.10a to 460.10bb; purpose
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10a— Alternative electric suppliers; orders establishing rates, terms, and conditions of service; licensing procedure; switching or billing for services without consent; self-service power; affiliate wheeling; rights of parties to existing contracts and agreements; receipt of standard tariff service; recovery of costs by electric utility offering retail open access service; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10aa— Impairment of contractual rights under existing contract
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10b— Rates, terms, and conditions of new technologies; application to unbundle existing rate schedules; providing reliable and lower cost competitive rates; standby generation service; identification of retail market prices
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10bb— Aggregation; use; definition
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10c— Determination of noncompliance; order of remedies and penalties; contested case; violation as unintentional and bona fide error; finding of frivolous complaint
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10cc— Provisions as severable; certain rate reductions as void
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10d— Electric utility serving less than 1,000,000 retail customers; utility issuing securitization bonds; compliance with federal rules, regulations, and standards; security recovery factor; protective orders; low-income and energy efficiency fund; refund; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10dd— Appropriation; hiring full-time positions to implement act
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10e— Connection of merchant plants to transmission and distribution systems; finding of prevention or delay; remedies; merchant plant; standards; exception
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10ee— Code of conduct; value-added programs and services; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10f— Generation capacity in excess of utility's retail sales load; determination of total generating capacity; market power mitigation plan; application; approval; requirements of independent brokering trustee
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10ff— Energy ombudsman
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10g— Definitions; school properties
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10gg— Long-term industrial load rate; findings of commission
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10h— Definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10hh— Nuclear energy generation feasibility study
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10i— Financing order; recovery of qualified costs; conditions; amount; limitation on period for recovery of securitization charges; financing order as effective and irrevocable; evidence of indebtedness; time period to issue or reject; rehearing; appeal; retiring and refunding securitization bonds; retention of financial or legal services by commission
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10j— Securitization property; rights and interests
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10k— Financing order; effect in connection with bankruptcy
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10l— Agreement to transfer securitization property as true sale
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10m— Lien and security interest; creation; changes in order or charges attachment; perfection; priority; sequestration and payment of revenues
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10n— Securitization bonds; state pledge of certain conduct
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10o— Securitization bond; direct interest in acquisition, ownership, and disposition not used in determining tax; obligations of electric utility successor; assignee or financing party as public utility
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10p— Establishment of industry worker transition program; adoption of service quality and reliability standards; compliance report; rules; benchmarks; method for gathering data; incentives and penalties; "jurisdictional utility" or "jurisdictional entity" defined
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10q— Alternative electric supplier; license requirements
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10r— Dissemination of disclosures, explanations, or sales information; standards; establishment of Michigan renewables energy program; plan
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10s— Low-income and energy assistance programs; availability of federal funds
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10t— Shut off of service; conditions; procedures; definitions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10u— Report
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10v— Joint plan to expand available transmission capability
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10w— Investor-owned electric utility; FERC approval
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10x— Cooperative electric utility; requirements
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10y— Municipally owned utility; requirements
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.10z— Provisions of act as severable
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.11— Establishment of electric rates; establishment of eligible low-income customer or senior citizen customer rates; public and private schools, universities, and community colleges rate schedules