Bill Text: MI HB5654 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Engrossed
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-Engrossed.html
HB-5654, As Passed House, January 19, 2010
HOUSE BILL No. 5654
December 8, 2009, Introduced by Reps. Lindberg, Mayes, McDowell, Nerat, Spade, Neumann and Lahti and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
A bill to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled
"Clean, renewable, and efficient energy act,"
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. By
that
same time 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).
