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MI SB0881

MI SB0881
Human services: services or financial assistance; low-income energy assistance fund; modify. Amends sec. 9t of 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.9t).

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Introduced
05/22/2024
In Committee
11/13/2024
Crossed Over
06/26/2024
Passed
12/11/2024
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
12/19/2024

Introduced Session

102nd Legislature

Bill Summary

AN ACT 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 and certain providers of electric vehicle charging services; 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 powers and duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; 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 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,? by amending section 9t (MCL 460.9t), as added by 2013 PA 95.

AI Summary

This bill amends Section 9t of the Michigan Public Utilities Act to modify the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund. The key provisions include: - Creating the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund in the state treasury to provide energy assistance to eligible low-income customers across Michigan. - Allowing the Department of Health and Human Services to expend money from the fund, in consultation with the Public Service Commission, to ensure statewide access to energy assistance programs and promote collaboration between agencies and providers. - Authorizing the Public Service Commission to annually approve a Low-Income Energy Assistance Funding Factor, a surcharge on retail electric bills, to fund the program, with limitations on the maximum rate. - Allowing electric utilities to opt out of the funding factor, but requiring them to maintain winter shutoff protections if they do. - Requiring reporting on the distribution of funds and outreach efforts. - Specifying that the act does not give the Commission the power to regulate municipally-owned electric utilities. The bill is tied to the passage of two other bills, Senate Bills 353 and 880.

Committee Categories

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Transportation and Infrastructure

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Assigned Pa 0168'24 (on 12/19/2024)

Bill Topics

Energy
  • ‐ General Energy
Social Welfare
  • ‐ Poverty and Assistance for Low-Income Families
(2 Companion Bills)

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