Michigan Compiled Laws Act 30 Of 1995 Electric Transmission Line Certification Act (460.561 - 460.575)

AN ACT to regulate the location and construction of certain electric transmission lines; to prescribe powers and duties of the Michigan public service commission and to give precedence to its determinations in certain circumstances; and to prescribe the powers and duties of certain local units of government and officials of those local units of government.

History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995

Section 460.561 Short Title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “electric transmission line certification act”. History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17,
Section 460.562 Definitions.
As used in this act: (a) “Affiliated transmission company” means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, or its successors or assigns,...
Section 460.563 Transmission As Essential Service; Act As Controlling.
(1) Transmission of electricity is an essential service. (2) This act shall control in any conflict between this act and any other law of...
Section 460.564 Construction Plan.
(1) If an electric utility that has 50,000 or more residential customers in this state, affiliated transmission company, or an independent transmission company plans...
Section 460.565 Transmission Line; Certificate Required.
An electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall not begin construction of a major transmission line for which a plan has...
Section 460.566 Public Meeting As Condition For Certificate Application.
(1) Before applying for a certificate under section 5, an electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall schedule and hold a...
Section 460.567 Application For Certificate For Proposed Major Transmission Line; Withdrawal; Contents.
(1) An electric utility that has 50,000 or more residential customers in this state, an affiliated transmission company, or an independent transmission company shall...
Section 460.568 Public Notice; Publication; Conduct Of Proceeding; Fees; Consultants; Granting Or Denying Application; Criteria; Identification Of Route And Estimated Cost; Validity And Duration Of Certificate.
(1) Upon applying for a certificate, the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall give public notice in the manner and...
Section 460.569 Certificate Other Than For Major Transmission Line; Provisions Applicable To Issuance; Applicability Of Mcl 460.564.
(1) An electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company may file an application with the commission for a certificate for a proposed...
Section 460.570 Local Ordinances Or Limitations In Conflict With Certificate; Effect.
(1) If the commission grants a certificate under this act, that certificate shall take precedence over a conflicting local ordinance, law, rule, regulation, policy,...
Section 460.571 Limited License.
In a civil action in the circuit court under section 4 of the uniform condemnation procedures act, 1980 PA 87, MCL 213.54, the court...
Section 460.572 Costs To Be Included In Rates.
Reasonable and prudent costs for a transmission line for which a certificate is issued shall be included in an electric utility's rates. The commission...
Section 460.573 Information As Public Record; Disclosure Of Confidential Information; Waiver.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, information obtained by the commission under this act is a public record as provided in the...
Section 460.574 Rules.
(1) The commission may promulgate rules to implement this act pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public...
Section 460.575 Commission Order; Review; Powers And Duties.
(1) A commission order relating to a certificate or other matter provided for under this act is subject to review as provided in section...

Last modified: October 10, 2016