Bill Text: MI HB5654 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Chaptered
Bill Title: Energy; conservation; disclosure to municipal electric utility customers of savings and charges for renewable energy and energy optimization; provide for in annual rather than monthly statements. Amends sec. 51 of 2008 PA 295 (MCL 460.1051).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-10-06 - Assigned Pa 174'10 With Immediate Effect [HB5654 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-HB5654-Chaptered.html
Act No. 174
Public Acts of 2010
Approved by the Governor
September 30, 2010
Filed with the Secretary of State
September 30, 2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 30, 2010
STATE OF MICHIGAN
95TH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2010
Introduced by Reps. Lindberg, Mayes, McDowell, Nerat, Spade, Neumann and Lahti
ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 5654
AN ACT to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled “An act to require certain providers of electric service to establish renewable energy programs; to require certain providers of electric or natural gas service to establish energy optimization programs; to authorize the use of certain energy systems to meet the requirements of those programs; to provide for the approval of energy optimization service companies; to provide for certain charges on electric and natural gas bills; to promote energy conservation by state agencies and the public; to create a wind energy resource zone board and provide for its power and duties; to authorize the creation and implementation of wind energy resource zones; to provide for expedited transmission line siting certificates; to provide for a net metering program and the responsibilities of certain providers of electric service and customers with respect to net metering; to provide for fees; to prescribe the powers and duties of certain state agencies and officials; to require the promulgation of rules and the issuance of orders; and to provide for civil sanctions, remedies, and penalties,” by amending section 51 (MCL 460.1051).
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Sec. 51. (1) By a time determined by the commission, each electric provider shall submit to the commission an annual report that provides information relating to the actions taken by the electric provider to comply with the renewable energy standards. Concurrently, a municipally-owned electric utility shall submit a copy of the report to the governing body of the municipally-owned electric utility, and a cooperative electric utility shall submit a copy of the report to its board of directors.
(2) An annual report under subsection (1) shall include all of the following information:
(a) The amount of electricity and renewable energy credits that the electric provider generated or acquired from renewable energy systems during the reporting period and the amount of renewable energy credits that the electric provider acquired, sold, traded, or otherwise transferred during the reporting period.
(b) The amount of electricity that the electric provider generated or acquired from advanced cleaner energy systems pursuant to this act during the reporting period.
(c) The capacity of each renewable energy system and advanced cleaner energy system owned, operated, or controlled by the electric provider, the total amount of electricity generated by each renewable energy system or advanced cleaner energy system during the reporting period, and the percentage of that total amount of electricity from each renewable energy system that was generated directly from renewable energy.
(d) Whether, during the reporting period, the electric provider began construction on, acquired, or placed into operation a renewable energy system or advanced cleaner energy system.
(e) Expenditures made in the past year and anticipated future expenditures to comply with this subpart.
(f) Any other information that the commission determines necessary.
(3) Concurrent with the submission of each report under subsection (1), a municipally-owned electric utility shall submit a summary of the report to its customers in their bills with a bill insert and to its governing body. If, together with the summary required under this subsection, a municipally-owned electric utility submits to its residential customers the information required pursuant to section 45(5) for the year covered by the summary under this subsection, the municipally-owned electric utility shall be considered to be in compliance with the itemized billing requirements of section 45(2) and the reporting requirements of section 45(5) for that year. Concurrent with the submission of each report under subsection (1), a cooperative electric utility shall submit a summary of the report to its members in a periodical issued by an association of rural electric cooperatives and to its board of directors. A municipally-owned electric utility or cooperative electric provider shall make a copy of the report available at its office and shall post a copy of the report on its website. A summary under this section shall indicate that a copy of the report is available at the office or website.
(4) The commission shall monitor reports submitted under subsection (1) and ensure that actions taken under this act by electric providers serving customers in the same distribution territory do not create an unfair competitive advantage for any of those electric providers.
(5) By February 15, 2011 and each year thereafter, the commission shall submit to the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary responsibility for energy and environmental issues a report that does all of the following:
(a) Summarizes data collected under this section.
(b) Discusses the status of renewable energy and advanced cleaner energy in this state and the effect of this subpart and subpart B on electricity prices.
(c) For each of the different types of renewable energy sold at retail in this state, specifies the difference between the cost of the renewable energy and the cost of electricity generated from new conventional coal-fired electric generating facilities.
(d) Discusses how the commission is fulfilling the requirements of subsection (4).
(e) Evaluates whether this subpart has been cost-effective.
(f) Provides a comparison of the cost effectiveness of the methods of an electric utility with 1,000,000 or more retail customers in this state as of January 1, 2008 obtaining renewable energy credits under the options described in section 33.
(g) Describes the impact of this subpart on employment in this state. The commission shall consult with other appropriate agencies of the department of energy, labor, and economic growth in the development of this information.
(h) Describes the effect of the percentage limits under section 27(7) on the development of advanced cleaner energy.
(i) Makes any recommendations the commission may have concerning amendments to this subpart, including changes in the percentage limits under section 27(7), or changes in the definition of renewable energy resource or renewable energy system to reflect environmentally preferable technology.
(6) The department of energy, labor, and economic growth shall maintain on the department’s website a copy of the commission’s most recent report under subsection (5).
This act is ordered to take immediate effect.
Clerk of the House of Representatives
Secretary of the Senate
Approved
Governor
