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HOUSE BILL NO. 6142
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 and certain providers of electric vehicle charging
services; 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 powers and
duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; 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
June 25, 2026, Introduced by Reps. Rheingans, Andrews, Grant, Tsernoglou, Breen, Steckloff,
O'Neal, Wooden, Arbit, Foreman, Hoskins, Snyder, Liberati, Rogers, McFall, Morgan, Martus,
Skaggs, Witwer, MacDonell, McKinney, Scott, Wilson, Conlin, Brixie, Herzberg, Wegela and
Fitzgerald and referred to Committee on Government Operations.
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qualify residential energy conservation programs permitted under
state law for certain federal exemption; to create a fund; 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 10jj.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 10jj. (1) The commission shall not approve a tariff, 1
rate, or contract between a data center and an electric utility 2
unless the tariff, rate, or contract requires a decommissioning 3
plan that ensures the decommissioning, dismantling, and remediating 4
of the data center property to a condition similar to that which 5
existed before construction of the data center. The decommissioning 6
plan must include, but is not limited to, financial assurance in 7
the form of a performance bond, letter of credit, or escrow 8
account. The amount of the financial assurance must not be less 9
than the estimated cost of decommissioning the data center, as 10
calculated by the commission or a qualified independent third-party 11
approved by the commission. The commission shall review the 12
financial assurance every 3 years to ensure that there is 13
sufficient money available to decommission, dismantle, and 14
remediate the data center property. 15
(2) As used in this section, "data center" means a facility in 16
this state that is composed of 1 or more buildings and that is 17
designed and intended for housing, and does house, data center 18
equipment to centralize the storage and processing of data. 19
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect 20
unless all of the following bills of the 103rd Legislature are 21
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enacted into law: 1
(a) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06933'26) or House Bill 2
No. 6135 (request no. H06933'26). 3
(b) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06934'26) or House Bill 4
No. 6139 (request no. H06934'26). 5
(c) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06939'26) or House Bill 6
No. 6137 (request no. H06939'26). 7
(d) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06942'26) or House Bill 8
No. 6140 (request no. H06942'26). 9
(e) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S06965'26) or House Bill 10
No. 6138 (request no. H06965'26). 11
(f) Senate Bill No. ____ (request no. S07181'26) or House Bill 12
No. 6141 (request no. H07181'26). 13