MI HB5861

Amends Section 22 of the Clean and Renewable Energy Act to establish a nonvolumetric revenue recovery mechanism for electric providers' renewable energy compliance costs, subject to monthly maximum retail rate impacts specified in Section 45.

Requires the Michigan Public Service Commission to review each electric provider's renewable energy plan by April 20, 2018, through contested case hearings for rate-regulated providers and public comment periods for others, with approval/rejection authority.

Creates Part 8 establishing community renewable energy gardens as renewable energy systems of 5 megawatts or less with at least 10 subscribers, where no single subscriber holds more than 40% of output and at least 40% of subscriptions are 25 kilowatts or less.

Requires electric providers to purchase electricity and renewable energy credits from community renewable energy gardens proportional to their 2018 peak demand, with goals of achieving 250 megawatts of total capacity by 2025 and prioritizing low-income customer participation.

Establishes net metering credit calculations for garden subscribers based on their proportional share of generation minus a commission-determined delivery charge, with credits carrying forward to future bills.