Sec. 10.
(1) Sections 10 through 10bb shall be known and may be cited as the "customer choice and electricity reliability act".
(2) The purpose of sections 10a through 10bb is to do all of the following:
(a) To ensure that all retail customers in this state of electric power have a choice of electric suppliers.
(b) To allow and encourage the Michigan public service commission to foster competition in this state in the provision of electric supply and maintain regulation of electric supply for customers who continue to choose supply from incumbent electric utilities.
(c) To encourage the development and construction of merchant plants which will diversify the ownership of electric generation in this state.
(d) To ensure that all persons in this state are afforded safe, reliable electric power at a reasonable rate.
(e) To improve the opportunities for economic development in this state and to promote financially healthy and competitive utilities in this state.
(f) To maintain, foster, and encourage robust, reliable, and economic generation, distribution, and transmission systems to provide this state's electric suppliers and generators an opportunity to access regional sources of generation and wholesale power markets and to ensure a reliable supply of electricity in this state.
History: Add. 2000, Act 141, Imd. Eff. June 5, 2000 ;-- Am. 2008, Act 286, Imd. Eff. Oct. 6, 2008
Popular Name: Customer Choice and Electricity Reliability Act
Last modified: October 10, 2016