MI HB6047

Requires electric utilities to coordinate rate case filings with Public Service Commission staff in advance to avoid resource conflicts between utilities filing simultaneously.

Allows the commission to order spacing of 21 days between filings by electric utilities serving more than 1,000,000 customers in Michigan to manage administrative workload.

Mandates that any review of an electric utility's investment and maintenance distribution plans be conducted as a contested case under the administrative procedures act.

Adds procedural requirements for rate applications, including standard filing forms and instructions adopted by the commission for all general rate cases.

Makes technical corrections and clarifications to utility rate regulation language, including changing "shall" to "must" in various provisions related to fuel adjustment clauses and merchant plant recovery limits.