SENATE BILL NO. 369

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,"

(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 6y.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 6y. (1) Not later than December 31, 2026, the commission shall create an online transparency tool to calculate the cost of renewable energy to customers in this state. The tool must calculate the cost over the estimated useful operating lifetime of the renewable energy system and include, but not be limited to, both of the following:

(a) The cost of construction including all of the following:

(i) Site acquisition and preparation.

(ii) Construction costs.

(iii) Component costs.

(iv) Assembly costs.

(v) Grid connection costs.

(vi) Operation and maintenance costs.

(b) End-of-life costs including all of the following:

(i) Decommissioning the renewable energy system, including the date the renewable energy system will be decommissioned.

(ii) Disposal of components of the renewable energy system, including a description of the method of disposal for those components.

(iii) Remediation of the site of the renewable energy system to preconstruction status.

(2) As used in this section:

(a) "Renewable energy" means that term as defined in section 11 of the clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.

(b) "Renewable energy system" means that term as defined in section 11 of the clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1011.