SENATE BILL No. 554

 

 

May 7, 2009, Introduced by Senator KAHN and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities.

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled

 

"An act to provide for the regulation and control of public and

certain private utilities and other services affected with a public

interest within this state; to provide for alternative energy

suppliers; to provide for licensing; to include municipally owned

utilities and other providers of energy under certain provisions of

this act; to create a public service commission and to prescribe

and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan public

utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties vested by

law on the public service commission; to provide for the

continuance, transfer, and completion of certain matters and

proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses; to prohibit

certain rate increases without notice and hearing; to qualify

residential energy conservation programs permitted under state law

for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; to provide for a

restructuring of the manner in which energy is provided in this

state; to encourage the utilization of resource recovery

facilities; to prohibit certain acts and practices of providers of

energy; to allow for the securitization of stranded costs; to

reduce rates; to provide for appeals; to provide appropriations; to

declare the effect and purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies

and penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"

 

(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 9n.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:


 

     Sec. 9n. (1) A provider shall not shut off electric or natural

 

gas service to a customer who has failed to satisfy an obligation

 

to the provider unless the provider complies with the notice

 

provisions of R 460.138 of the Michigan administrative code, as in

 

effect on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this

 

section.

 

     (2) If the commission amends R 460.138 of the Michigan

 

administrative code after the effective date of the amendatory act

 

that added this section, a provider may elect to operate in

 

compliance with the updated notice provisions.

 

     (3) As used in this section, "provider" means a municipally

 

owned utility.