Bill > SB0732

This bill establishes a new program to allow owners of behind-the-meter electric generators and demand response resources (such as home solar panels or battery storage systems) to provide grid services and receive compensation from utility companies. The Michigan Public Service Commission must develop requirements within one year, soliciting input from various stakeholders, to create a framework where these individual energy resources can be compensated for services like reducing peak demand, improving grid reliability, and providing ancillary services. The program will require compensation to be based on publicly available utility costs and cover the full value of grid services, with potential for higher compensation for low-income or environmental justice communities. Key provisions include prohibiting utility ownership of behind-the-meter generators, allowing owners to participate in wholesale electricity markets, ensuring consumer protections, and requiring aggregators (companies that bundle these resources) to register with the commission. Electric providers must submit implementation proposals within 90 days of the commission establishing requirements, and the commission will be required to submit biennial reports to the legislature with recommendations for improving the program, including ways to stabilize power supply, integrate renewable energy, reduce peak demand, and lower ratepayer costs. The bill is tied to another piece of legislation and will only take effect if that companion bill is also enacted.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2025-SB-0732