February 4, 2010, Introduced by Senators SCOTT, HUNTER, CLARK-COLEMAN and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities.
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 9d.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 9d. (1) A provider shall not shut off electric or natural
gas service to a residential rental property unless the provider
does each of the following not less than 30 days before the
specified date for shutoff:
(a) Sends notice of the shutoff to the tenants of the property
by first-class mail.
(b) Leaves a written notice of the shutoff at or on the door
of the property.
(2) As used in this section, "provider" means an electric
utility, municipally owned electric utility, cooperative electric
utility, or alternative electric supplier, or a natural gas utility
as defined in section 9.