May 14, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Price, Irwin and Lauwers and referred to the Committee on Energy and Technology.
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 460.11) by adding section 10ff.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10ff. (1) A residential customer's energy use data are
confidential and shall not be sold, rented, shared, or otherwise
disclosed by a utility except to or with the express consent of the
residential customer.
(2) A utility shall ensure that any data from an advanced
meter communicated by wireless networking technology are encrypted
so that the data cannot be intercepted by a wireless device other
than a wireless device used by the utility. A utility shall not
communicate by wireless networking technology meter use data that
include a residential customer's name, social security number,
address, or other identifying information except for a customer
identification number that is assigned by the utility. The customer
identification number shall be assigned in a manner that includes
safeguards to prevent a wireless device not owned by the utility
from linking the number with a particular customer.
(3) As used in this section, "advanced meter" means a meter
that is capable of measuring, recording, storing, and reporting
usage according to predetermined time criteria and that allows 2-
way communications suited for demand-response programs.