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MI SR0217

Resolution

Status

Introduced

12/20/2018

Primary Sponsor

Patrick Colbeck

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Origin

Senate

99th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Urges the Michigan Public Service Commission to reject any utility rate case or integrated resource plan that mandates time-of-use electricity pricing for residential customers

  • Prohibits approval of rate designs that impose substantially higher rates by default on customers who do not participate in time-of-use pricing programs

  • Expresses concern that mandatory or coercive time-of-use pricing unfairly impacts low-income households, elderly residents, and those unable or unwilling to install smart devices

  • Requires any approved time-of-use rates to remain truly voluntary with no burdensome costs for customers who opt out

  • Directs transmission of this resolution to all Michigan Public Service Commission commissioners

Legislative Description

A resolution to memorialize the Michigan Public Service Commission to not approve any part of a utility's rate case or integrated resource plan that would make time-of-use electricity pricing mandatory for residential customers or that would charge substantially higher rates by default to customers who do not participate in time-of-use pricing.

Michigan Public Service Commission

Last Action

Referred To Committee On Government Operations

12/20/2018

Committee Referrals

Government Operations12/20/2018

Full Bill Text

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