SENATE BILL NO. 21


   January 13, 1999, Introduced by Senator DUNASKISS and referred to
        the Committee on Technology and Energy.



        A bill to provide for reciprocal access of electric service

   between electric utilities and alternative electric suppliers

   under certain conditions.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (a) "Alternative electric supplier" means a person selling

 3    electric generation service to retail consumers in this state but

 4    not physically delivering electricity directly to those retail

 5    consumers.

 6         (b) "Commission" means the Michigan public service commis-

 7    sion in the department of consumer and industry services.

 8         (c) "Delivery service" means the transmission and distribu-

 9    tion services subject to the jurisdiction of the commission that

10    are provided by an electric utility.




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 1         (d) "Electric utility" means a person physically delivering

 2    electricity directly to retail consumers in the United States.

 3         Sec. 2.  (1) The commission shall not require an electric

 4    utility to provide delivery service in connection with a

 5    customer's purchase from an alternative electric supplier who is

 6    also an electric utility or an affiliate of an electric utility

 7    unless the alternative electric supplier and its affiliates pro-

 8    vide reciprocal access for their customers to purchase from the

 9    electric utility under like contemporaneous conditions, as deter-

10    mined by the commission.

11         (2) Beginning January 1, 2002, the commission shall not

12    require an electric utility to provide delivery service in con-

13    nection with a customer's purchase from an alternative electric

14    supplier, unless the alternative electric supplier and its affil-

15    iates or the owner of the generation source or its electric util-

16    ity affiliates provide reciprocal access for their customers to

17    purchase from the electric utility under like contemporaneous

18    conditions, as determined by the commission.

19         Enacting section 1.  This act does not take effect unless

20    Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____ (request

21    no. 00105'99) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into law.















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