HOUSE BILL No. 4293


     February 23, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Scranton, Hale, Mortimer, Brater and Quarles 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 util-
   ities and other services affected with a public interest within
   this state; to create a public service commission and to pre-
   scribe and define its powers and duties; to abolish the Michigan
   public utilities commission and to confer the powers and duties
   vested by law therein on the public service commission; to pro-
   vide for the continuance, transfer, and completion of certain
   matters and proceedings; to abolish automatic adjustment clauses;
   to prohibit rate increases without notice and hearing; to qualify
   residential energy conservation programs permitted under state
   law for certain federal exemption; to provide for a restructuring
   of rates for certain utilities; to encourage the utilization of
   resource recovery facilities; to provide for appeals; to provide
   appropriations; to declare the effect of this act; to prescribe
   penalties; and to repeal all acts contrary to this act,"

   (MCL 460.1 to 460.8) by adding section 6q.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 6Q.  EACH ELECTRIC UTILITY SHALL PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING

 2    INFORMATION, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PRACTICAL, FOR EACH CUSTOMER

 3    RATE CLASS WITH ITS BILLS TO ITS CUSTOMERS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.




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 1    THE INFORMATION SHALL BE DEPICTED IN A 2-COLUMN TABLE WITH AN

 2    ENTRY FOR EACH ITEM SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISIONS (A) TO (E):

 3         (A) THE NAME OF THE RATE CLASS.

 4         (B) THE COST SCHEDULE PER KILOWATT-HOUR.

 5         (C) THE LENGTH OF THE CONTRACT AND INDICATION WHETHER THE

 6    COSTS ARE FIXED OR VARIABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE CONTRACT.

 7         (D) THE FUEL SOURCES FOR THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED, SHOWN ON

 8    A PIE CHART WHICH GRAPHICALLY DEPICTS THE PERCENTAGES OF THE

 9    SOURCES OF THE ELECTRICITY SUPPLIED.  THE CHART MUST INDICATE THE

10    PERCENTAGE OF POWER FROM COAL, NATURAL GAS, NUCLEAR, HYDROELEC-

11    TRIC, GEOTHERMAL, WIND, SOLAR, BIOMASS, AND NET AMOUNT PURCHASED

12    FROM OTHERS FOR WHICH THE SOURCE IS UNKNOWN.  FOR PURPOSES OF

13    THIS TABLE, BIOMASS SHALL INCLUDE WOOD OR AGRICULTURE WASTE,

14    LANDFILL GAS, AND MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.

15         (E) THE TOTAL AIR EMISSIONS OF NITROGEN OXIDES, SULFUR DIOX-

16    IDES, AND CARBON DIOXIDES FROM COMPANY-OWNED GENERATION SOURCES

17    DETAILED AS FOLLOWS:

18         (i) EMISSIONS DATA SHALL NOT INCLUDE EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED

19    WITH NET PURCHASES.

20         (ii) THE INFORMATION SHALL BE DEPICTED ON A BAR CHART WITH

21    NITROGEN OXIDE AND SULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SHOWN IN POUNDS PER

22    MEGAWATT-HOUR AND CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS SHOWN IN 100 POUNDS

23    PER MEGAWATT-HOUR.

24         (iii) THE BAR CHART SHALL INCLUDE A LINE FOR EACH POLLUTANT

25    INDICATING THE AVERAGE EMISSION LEVEL FOR THE TOP 50 LARGEST GEN-

26    ERATING COMPANIES IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES.





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