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MI SR0217
Resolution
Status
12/20/2018
Primary Sponsor
Patrick Colbeck
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AI Summary
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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
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Prohibits approval of rate designs that impose substantially higher rates by default on customers who do not participate in time-of-use pricing programs
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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
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Requires any approved time-of-use rates to remain truly voluntary with no burdensome costs for customers who opt out
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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