HB5101 Summary

• Amends the Public Utilities Act to require customers enrolled through municipal aggregation to access alternative electric supplier services, including single billing options combining supplier charges with utility delivery services.

• Creates a natural gas aggregation framework allowing municipalities, townships, and counties to adopt ordinances to aggregate residential and small commercial natural gas loads and solicit competitive bids for natural gas suppliers.

• Establishes opt-out and opt-in aggregation program options, with opt-out programs requiring voter approval through referendum before implementation.

• Requires natural gas utilities to provide customer account information to aggregating entities and file tariffs enabling alternative suppliers to issue single bills to aggregated customers.

• Mandates disclosure of financial conflicts of interest by persons or entities advising municipalities on natural gas supplier selection, with liability for non-compliance including return of all compensation plus attorney fees.