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SENATE BILL NO. 1078
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 powers and
duties of certain state governmental officers and entities; to
June 25, 2026, Introduced by Senators RUNESTAD, MCBROOM and JOHNSON and referred
to Committee on Government Operations.
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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
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 6bb.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 6bb. (1) An electric utility or natural gas utility shall 1
file a report with the commission every year that contains all of 2
the following for that reporting period: 3
(a) A list of contributions to a separate segregated fund 4
established by that utility. 5
(b) An itemized list of contributions that a separate 6
segregated fund established by the utility made to, and 7
expenditures that the separate segregated fund made on behalf of, 8
any of the following: 9
(i) Candidate committees. 10
(ii) Ballot question committees. 11
(iii) Political party committees. 12
(iv) Political committees. 13
(v) Independent expenditure committees. 14
(vi) Independent committees. 15
(vii) Other separate segregated funds. 16
(c) Any money given to an organization formed under 26 USC 17
501(c)(4) or 26 USC 501(c)(6), including the amount given and the 18
name of that organization. 19
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(d) Any money given to an organization formed under 26 USC 1
527, including the amount given and the name of that organization. 2
(e) Any expenditures made on lobbying. 3
(f) A list of any contributions or expenditures described in 4
subdivisions (a) to (e) that were made by the parent company or an 5
affiliate of the electric utility or natural gas utility. 6
(2) The commission shall post a report received under 7
subsection (1) on its website. 8
(3) As used in this section: 9
(a) "Ballot question committee" means that term as defined in 10
section 2 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 11
169.202. 12
(b) "Candidate committee" means that term as defined in 13
section 3 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 14
169.203. 15
(c) "Contribution" means that term as defined in section 4 of 16
the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 169.204. 17
(d) "Independent committee" means that term as defined in 18
section 8 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 19
169.208. 20
(e) "Independent expenditure committee" means that term as 21
defined in section 9 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 22
388, MCL 169.209. 23
(f) "Lobbying" means that term as defined in section 5 of 1978 24
PA 472, MCL 4.415. 25
(g) "Political committee" means that term as defined in 26
section 11 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 27
169.211. 28
(h) "Political party committee" means that term as defined in 29
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section 11 of the Michigan campaign finance act, 1976 PA 388, MCL 1
169.211. 2