Bill Text: MI HB6135 | 2025-2026 | 103rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities: rates; large load commercial rates for data centers; establish. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6140'26, HB 6141'26, HB 6137'26, HB 6138'26, HB 6142'26, HB 6139'26
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 26)
Status: (Introduced) 2026-06-30 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 06/25/2026 [HB6135 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2025-HB6135-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 6135
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 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,"
(MCL 460.1 to 460.11) by adding section 10ii.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 10ii. (1) By 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, the commission shall establish large-load commercial rates for data centers. The rates must do all of the following:
(a) Require that a data center enter into a contract with the utility for at least 15 years.
(b) Require a minimum monthly billing charge for a data center that is based on not less than 60% of the data center's contracted demand and applies regardless of actual electricity consumption.
(c) If the data center terminates service with the utility, require a fee to be charged to the data center equal to the monthly billing charge under subdivision (b) times the remaining months of the contract.
(d) Require collateral equal to at least 24 months of the maximum monthly nonfuel billing charge.
(e) Ensure that all generation, transmission, or distribution costs caused by the data center are paid by the data center and not existing electric utility customers.
(2) As used in this section, "data center" means a facility in this state that is composed of 1 or more buildings and that is designed and intended for housing, and does house, data center equipment to centralize the storage and processing of data.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06934'26) or House Bill No. 6139 (request no. H06934'26).
(b) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06939'26) or House Bill No. 6137 (request no. H06939'26).
(c) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06942'26or House Bill No. 6140 (request no. H06942'26).
(d) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06943'26or House Bill No. 6142 (request no. H06943'26).
(e) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06965'26) or House Bill No. 6138 (request no. H06965'26).
(f) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S07181'26) or House Bill No. 6141 (request no. H07181'26).
