Act No. 154

Public Acts of 2009

Approved by the Governor

November 20, 2009

Filed with the Secretary of State

November 23, 2009

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 23, 2009

STATE OF MICHIGAN

95TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

Introduced by Rep. Wayne Schmidt

ENROLLED HOUSE BILL No. 4655

AN ACT 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 460.11) by adding section 9m.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

Sec. 9m. (1) A provider shall notify the commission of any shutoff of service that results in death or serious injury. A provider shall supply to the commission any relevant information regarding the death or serious injury, including, but not limited to, the procedures followed during the shutoff.

(2) Upon notification or the commission’s own motion, the commission may investigate any shutoff of service by a provider that results in death or serious injury. After completing its investigation, the commission may refer the matter to the attorney general for commencement of a civil action under section 9p.

(3) As used in this section, “provider” means a municipally owned electric or natural gas utility.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Secretary of the Senate

Approved

Governor