Sec. 6.
(1) The public service commission is vested with complete power and jurisdiction to regulate all public utilities in the state except a municipally owned utility, the owner of a renewable resource power production facility as provided in section 6d, and except as otherwise restricted by law. The public service commission is vested with the power and jurisdiction to regulate all rates, fares, fees, charges, services, rules, conditions of service, and all other matters pertaining to the formation, operation, or direction of public utilities. The public service commission is further granted the power and jurisdiction to hear and pass upon all matters pertaining to, necessary, or incident to the regulation of public utilities, including electric light and power companies, whether private, corporate, or cooperative; water, telegraph, oil, gas, and pipeline companies; motor carriers; private wastewater treatment facilities; and all public transportation and communication agencies other than railroads and railroad companies.
(2) A private, investor-owned wastewater utility may apply to the commission for rate regulation. If an application is filed under this subsection, the commission is vested with the specific grant of jurisdictional authority to regulate the rates, fares, fees, and charges of private, investor-owned wastewater utilities. As used in this subsection, "private, investor-owned wastewater utilities" means a utility that delivers wastewater treatment services through a sewage system and the physical assets of which are wholly owned by an individual or group of individual shareholders.
History: 1939, Act 3, Imd. Eff. Feb. 15, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 460.6 ;-- Am. 1952, Act 240, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1960, Act 44, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 125, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1967 ;-- Am. 1969, Act 223, Imd. Eff. Aug. 6, 1969 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 50, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1980 ;-- Am. 1992, Act 37, Imd. Eff. Apr. 21, 1992 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 355, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1994 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 190, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 2005 Admin Rule: R 460.11 et seq.; R 460.511 et seq.; R 460.915 et seq.; R 460.1451 et seq.; R 460.1951 et seq.; R 460.2011 et seq.; R 460.2051 et seq.; R 460.2101 et seq.; R 460.2211 et seq.; R 460.2601 et seq.; and R 460.3101 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code.
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 460 - Public Utilities
Act 3 of 1939 - Michigan Public Service Commission (460.1 - 460.11)
Section 460.2 - Public Service Commission; Oath, Chairman, Removal, Quorum, Seal, Offices.
Section 460.5 - Public Service Commission; Books, Records, Files.
Section 460.5a - Annual Report.
Section 460.6c - Repealed. 2016, Act 341, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017.
Section 460.6e - Repealed. 2016, Act 341, Eff. Apr. 20, 2017.
Section 460.6f - Repealed. 1984, Act 49, Imd. Eff. Apr. 12, 1984.
Section 460.6p - Rates Subject to Electric Transmission Line Certification Act.
Section 460.6t - Integrated Resource Plan.
Section 460.6v - Proceeding to Reevaluate Procedures and Rates Schedules; Report; Definitions.
Section 460.6x - Shared Saving Mechanism.
Section 460.7 - Railroad Labor Unions; Representatives; Right to Participate in Hearings.
Section 460.9c - Customer on Active Duty in Military; Shut-Off Protection.
Section 460.9s - Postponement of Service Shutoff; Conditions; Definitions.
Section 460.9t - Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund.
Section 460.10 - MCL 460.10a to 460.10bb; Purpose.
Section 460.10g - Definitions; School Properties.
Section 460.10h - Definitions.
Section 460.10j - Securitization Property; Rights and Interests.
Section 460.10k - Financing Order; Effect in Connection With Bankruptcy.
Section 460.10l - Agreement to Transfer Securitization Property as True Sale.
Section 460.10n - Securitization Bonds; State Pledge of Certain Conduct.
Section 460.10q - Alternative Electric Supplier; License Requirements.
Section 460.10s - Low-Income and Energy Assistance Programs; Availability of Federal Funds.
Section 460.10t - Shut Off of Service; Conditions; Procedures; Definitions.
Section 460.10v - Joint Plan to Expand Available Transmission Capability.
Section 460.10w - Investor-Owned Electric Utility; Ferc Approval.
Section 460.10x - Cooperative Electric Utility; Requirements.
Section 460.10y - Municipally Owned Utility; Requirements.
Section 460.10z - Provisions of Act as Severable.
Section 460.10aa - Impairment of Contractual Rights Under Existing Contract.
Section 460.10bb - Aggregation; Use; Definition.
Section 460.10cc - Provisions as Severable; Certain Rate Reductions as Void.
Section 460.10dd - Appropriation; Hiring Full-Time Positions to Implement Act.
Section 460.10ee - Code of Conduct; Value-Added Programs and Services; Definitions.
Section 460.10ff - Energy Ombudsman.
Section 460.10gg - Long-Term Industrial Load Rate; Findings of Commission.
Section 460.10hh - Nuclear Energy Generation Feasibility Study.