2003 Senate Bill 612 ↩

House Roll Call 170: Passed

To waive certain “code of conduct” restrictions and allow an electric utility that offers an appliance service program in competition with non-utility service providers, if the utility maintains administrative separation between the program and the regulated utility functions of the company. The bill would require separate books and records for the program, and would prohibit inserting ads for the service in customer utility bills, or cross-subsidizing the service with regulated utility service revenues. It contains regulations on the operation of such a program. Without this bill, recent Michigan Public Service Commission regulations could force utilities, specifically Consumers Energy, to stop offering this service.