Introduced
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To extend from 2007 to 2014 the transition period during which regulated electric utilities (DTE or Consumers Power in most places) get a portion of customer payments paid to alternative electricity providers, as provided in the <a href="http://michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2000-SB-0937 ">"electric choice"</a> law that revised the state's electric utility regulation in 2000. Also, to require retail electric utility customers who select an alternative electric power provider, and then return to a regulated utility, to pay market rates for power after switching back (rather than regulated rates). Finally, the bill would allow all providers to separate generation, transmission, and distribution charges on customer bills. This is part of a complex package of legislation (Senate Bills 1331 to 1336) introduced as a response to complaints from certain existing power companies that they are being harmed by the "electric choice" law.
Referred to the Committee on Technology and Energy
