MI HB4708

Raises the cap on retail customers eligible to purchase electricity from alternative electric suppliers from 10% to unlimited for public schools, public school academies, nonpublic schools, state public universities, community colleges, and independent nonprofit degree-granting colleges or universities in Michigan.

Allows customers operating iron ore mining or processing facilities in Michigan's Upper Peninsula to purchase all electricity from alternative suppliers if complying with a settlement agreement requiring facilitation of a new power plant construction in the Upper Peninsula.

Permits existing facilities receiving 100% service from alternative suppliers as of April 20, 2017 to continue purchasing from alternative suppliers for expanded loads and new similar facilities on contiguous or nearby sites if the customer owns more than 50% of the new facility.

Establishes procedures for enrollment queues of customers waiting for retail open access, requiring utilities to maintain rank-ordered lists filed annually with the commission and allowing customers with available capacity to take service from alternative suppliers.

Changes mandatory language from "shall" to "must" throughout the section and clarifies that certain customers and suppliers are exempt from requirements in 2016 PA 341 while maintaining existing commission orders for retail open access issued before April 20, 2017.