HB-4660, As Passed House, March 31, 2009

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4660

     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 9g.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 9g. (1) Subject to applicable third-party consent, a

provider shall allow a customer to designate a third party to

receive bill notifications, including shut-off notices from the

provider on the customer's behalf.

     (2) A provider shall be in compliance with subsection (1) by

November 1, 2009. The commission may grant an extension to a

provider for compliance with subsection (1). A municipally owned

electric or natural gas utility's governing body may for good cause

grant an extension to that municipally owned electric or natural

gas utility for compliance with subsection (1).

     (3) The commission may promulgate rules for electric

utilities, cooperative electric utilities, alternative electric

suppliers, or natural gas utilities for the implementation and

compliance of subsection (1).

     (4) As used in this section, "provider" means an electric

utility, municipally owned electric or natural gas utility,

cooperative electric utility, or alternative electric supplier, or

a natural gas utility as defined in section 9.