SENATE BILL No. 1334

 

 

July 1, 2004, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, OLSHOVE, HAMMERSTROM, BERNERO, BIRKHOLZ and TOY and referred to the Committee on Technology and Energy.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled                                               

                                                                                

    "An act to provide for the regulation and control of public                 

    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 460.10cc) by adding section 10gg.                             

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 10gg.  (1) Not later than 30 days after the effective                  

                                                                                


                                                                                

1   date of the amendatory act that added this section, each electric           

                                                                                

2   utility shall file a tariff to provide schools receiving electric           

                                                                                

3   service at secondary voltage levels the ability to purchase                 

                                                                                

4   electric power and energy from the electric utility at a rate 20%           

                                                                                

5   lower than the electric utility's otherwise applicable tariff in            

                                                                                

6   effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added               

                                                                                

7   this section.                                                               

                                                                                

8       (2) Schools receiving electric service at primary voltages                  

                                                                                

9   and above shall have the ability to purchase electric power and             

                                                                                

10  energy from the electric utility at a rate 10% lower than the               

                                                                                

11  electric utility's otherwise applicable tariff in effect on the             

                                                                                

12  effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.               

                                                                                

13      (3) The commission shall approve the tariff within 60 days of               

                                                                                

14  the date the electric utility filed its tariff.  The commission             

                                                                                

15  shall not adopt any rate-making adjustment that disallows                   

                                                                                

16  recovery of, or otherwise imputes the amount of revenue                     

                                                                                

17  attributable to, the rates for electric service to schools                  

                                                                                

18  provided for in this section.                                               

                                                                                

19      (4) As used in this section, "school" means buildings,                      

                                                                                

20  facilities, playing fields, or property directly or indirectly              

                                                                                

21  used for school purposes for children in grades kindergarten                

                                                                                

22  through 12, when provided by a public or nonpublic school.                  

                                                                                

23  School does not include instruction provided in a private                   

                                                                                

24  residence or proprietary trade, vocational, training, or                    

                                                                                

25  occupational school.                                                        

                                                                                

26      Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take                      

                                                                                

27  effect unless all of the following bills of the 92nd Legislature            


                                                                                

1   are enacted into law:                                                       

                                                                                

2       (a) Senate Bill No. 1335.                                                   

                                                                                

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4       (b) Senate Bill No. 1331.                                                   

                                                                                

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6       (c) Senate Bill No. 1336.                                                   

                                                                                

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8       (d) Senate Bill No. 1333.                                                   

                                                                                

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10      (e) Senate Bill No. 1332.                                                   

                                                                                

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