Bill Text: MI HR0284 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution to requesting information from the Michigan Attorney General regarding evidence or testimony submitted to the Michigan Public Service Commission in electric utility rates cases pertaining to residential customers in the distributed generation program.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-04 - Referred To Committee On Energy [HR0284 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HR0284-Introduced.html
house resolution no.284
Reps. Markkanen, LaGrand, Rabhi, Rogers, Hood, Steckloff, Howell, Sowerby, Roth, Rendon and Beson offered the following resolution:
Whereas, In 2016, the Michigan Legislature approved Public Act 341 on a broad bi-partisan basis to restructure numerous aspects of Michigan’s electric utility system, including policies related to customers operating solar energy systems at their homes; and
Whereas, The Legislature directed the Michigan Public Service Commission to establish a new tariff and rate structure, known as the distributed generation program, for residential customers to be compensated for any surplus electricity supplied to the grid, based on an equitable cost of service; and
Whereas, The Commission has complied with this requirement by establishing an "inflow-outflow" tariff within the distributed generation program that identifies an equitable cost of service and fair rate of compensation to residential customers; and
Whereas, The Michigan Senate respectfully requested through Senate Resolution 142 of 2020 that the Commission conduct a rate design study to determine if the distributed generation program was structured in a manner that would comply with the statutory equitable cost of service standard; and
Whereas, The study conducted by the Commission in response to Senate Resolution 142 concluded that the distributed generation "inflow-outflow" tariff determined in rate cases does serve to provide an equitable cost of service outcome for residential solar customers; and
Whereas, Since the establishment of the distributed generation program, a series of rate cases have been filed by various regulated utilities requesting additional charges, fees, or unique rates be applied to residential customers; and
Whereas, It has been reported that the proposed charges, fees, or rates would penalize residential solar customers with higher costs for their energy use even while providing surplus energy to the grid; and
Whereas, The Michigan Attorney General routinely serves as an intervening party in rate cases before the Commission; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives, That we request the Michigan Attorney General to provide to the House Energy Committee a written summary of evidence or testimony submitted to the Michigan Public Service Commission by the Attorney General in response to rate cases filed by regulated utilities after June 1, 2018, pertaining to the distributed generation program; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the Michigan Attorney General.
