September 25, 2003, Introduced by Reps. Spade, Sheltrown, Law, Bieda, Wojno, Farrah, Plakas, Meyer, Sak and Brown 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
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 460.10cc) by adding section 6q.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 6q. (1) The Michigan public service commission shall
1 issue orders requiring all electric and telecommunication service
2 providers to establish procedures to ensure that in the event of
3 power or service disruption, resources are first directed at
4 restoring electricity or telecommunications to entities providing
5 fire, police, and emergency services.
6 (2) The procedures required under subsection (1) shall
7 provide that after fire, police, and emergency services, the next
8 group of customers to receive priority for power or service
9 restoration shall be licensed television, radio, and cable
10 providers.