October 11, 2005, Introduced by Senators PATTERSON, BIRKHOLZ and OLSHOVE 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,"
by amending section 10 (MCL 460.10), as added by 2000 PA 141.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
10. (1) Sections 10 through 10bb 10cc shall be known
and may be cited as the "customer choice and electricity
reliability act".
(2) The purpose of sections 10a through 10bb is to do all of
the following:
(a) To ensure that all retail customers in this state of
electric power have a choice of electric suppliers.
(b) To allow and encourage the Michigan public service
commission to foster competition in this state in the provision of
electric supply and maintain regulation of electric supply for
customers who continue to choose supply from incumbent electric
utilities.
(c) To encourage the development and construction of merchant
plants which will diversify the ownership of electric generation in
this state.
(d) To ensure that all persons in this state are afforded
safe, reliable electric power at a reasonable rate.
(e) To improve the opportunities for economic development in
this state and to promote financially healthy and competitive
utilities in this state.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply after December 31, 2003.