HB 6388 Summary

• Amends the Public Service Commission Act to allow iron ore mining and processing facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to purchase all or any portion of electricity from alternative suppliers, regardless of the 10% cap on customer choice.

• Permits public and private schools, universities, and community colleges to purchase all or any portion of electricity from alternative suppliers, regardless of the 10% cap on customer choice.

• Maintains the existing 10% cap on alternative electric supplier market share for other retail customers of electric utilities, with annual energy allotments allocated on a calendar year basis.

• Establishes procedures prioritizing existing alternative supplier customers, then expansion customers, then new customers on a first-come first-served basis for available load allocation.

• Includes provisions for customer protection, licensing requirements for alternative suppliers, code of conduct standards, and allows utilities to offer appliance service programs with strict cost allocation and marketing restrictions.