Bill Text: MI SB0330 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Public utilities; consumer services; shut-off service for nonpayment of bills; prohibit during months of December-March. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.10cc) by adding sec. 9d.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-5)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - Referred To Committee On Energy Policy And Public Utilities [SB0330 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0330-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 330
March 4, 2009, Introduced by Senators CLARK-COLEMAN, BARCIA, OLSHOVE, SCOTT, HUNTER, GLEASON, ANDERSON, JACOBS, BRATER, CHERRY, PAPPAGEORGE, BIRKHOLZ, KAHN, HARDIMAN, CLARKE and JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities.
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; 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
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 provide for a
restructuring of the manner in which energy is provided in this
state; 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 460.10cc) by adding section 9d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9d. (1) If a customer has failed to fulfill an obligation
to a provider, the provider may shut off service to the customer
on, or at a reasonable time following, the date specified in a
notice delivered to the customer by personal service or first-class
mail.
(2) If the provider does not shut off service as allowed under
subsection (1), the provider shall not shut off service until it
has provided a subsequent notice to the customer providing a new
date for shutoff.
(3) The notice required under subsection (1) or (2) shall be
delivered to the customer not less than 30 days before the
specified date for shutoff.
(4) Shutoff of service under this section shall occur only
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. and shall not occur on a
day, or a day immediately preceding a day, when the provider is
unable to restore service to the customer.
(5) If the obligation of the customer is in dispute, the
provider shall not shut off service until the dispute is resolved.
(6) In no event shall the provider shut off service during the
time period of December 1 to March 31.
(7) As used in this section, "provider" means an electric
utility, municipally owned natural gas or electric utility,
cooperative electric utility, alternative electric supplier, or
natural gas utility.
