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MI HB5915

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/24/2020

Primary Sponsor

John Reilly

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows public schools to purchase all or any portion of electricity from alternative electric suppliers without counting toward the 10% utility cap on open access service.

  • Permits public school academies, nonpublic schools, state public universities, community colleges, and independent nonprofit degree-granting colleges or universities to purchase all or any portion of electricity from alternative suppliers without counting toward the 10% cap.

  • Changes mandatory language ("shall") to permissive language ("must") throughout the section regarding alternative electric supplier requirements and customer service transitions.

  • Specifies that customers on enrollment queues as of December 31, 2015 may continue waiting for retail open access service, with utilities required to add new customers upon supplier request.

  • Effective 90 days after enactment.

Legislative Description

Public utilities: electric utilities; eligibility to purchase electricity from an alternative electric supplier; include certain schools, colleges, and universities. Amends sec. 10a of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.10a).

Public utilities: electric utilities

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/24/2020

6/25/2020

Committee Referrals

Energy6/24/2020

Full Bill Text

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