A bill to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled “Clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act,” by amending the title, the heading to subpart A of part 2, and sections 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 22, 28, 29, 45, 47, and 49 (MCL 460.1001, 460.1003, 460.1007, 460.1009, 460.1011, 460.1022, 460.1028, 460.1029, 460.1045, 460.1047, and 460.1049), the title and sections 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 29, 45, 47, and 49 as amended and sections 22 and 28 as added by 2016 PA 342, and by adding sections 32, 34, 50, 51, 52, and 53.
HB 4759 mandates net-zero electricity generation - 100% "carbon-free" electricity - by 2035. It excludes nuclear from the list of "clean energy" sources.
HB 4760 requires the Michigan Public Service Commission to prioritize utility reliability, safety, affordability, equitable access to home electrification and clean-energy technologies, minimization of harm and prioritization of benefits in communities consisting predominantly of minorities or households below the poverty line, compliance with state carbon-neutrality goals, and overall cost-effectiveness in service. The commission must consider these goals in approving utility rate cases and integrated resource plans. Also requires utility integrated resource plans to include analyses of the elimination of barriers for customers to adopt distributed generation, and requires the commission to ensure that the plan follows state policy goals for the decarbonization of the utility sector. Also requires the commission to hold at least two public hearings before approving utility integrated resource plans, renewable energy plans, energy waste reduction plans, or issuing an order in a general rate case or other proceedings of substantial public interest. The commission is also permitted to consider various factors impacting cost causation in electric rate cases.
HB 4761 incorporates renewable energy plans, low-income energy waste reduction plans, electrification measures, and an energy waste reduction workforce into requirements for utilities.
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Referred to the Committee on Energy, Communications, and Technology
