The Senate Energy and Environment Committee heard testimony Thursday on a proposal to allow the Public Service Commission to levy administrative fines against pipeline operators that violate state gas safety standards which align with federal penalties.
Significant work will need to go into the Public Service Commission 's implementation of a recently passed state renewable energy mandate and to create a process to take on the siting of renewable energy projects, the panel's chair said in an interview this month.
DELTA TOWNSHIP – Enbridge Energy took a critical step toward building the proposed Line 5 tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac and relocating its aging pipeline, with the Public Service Commission approving its application on Friday for the controversial project.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature completed its work on one of its top fall priorities Wednesday, giving final passage to bills that would quadruple the state's renewable energy mandate, create a new clean energy standard and move siting decisions for large-scale solar and wind projects to the Public Service Commission .
Legislation that would move siting for large solar and wind projects to the Public Service Commission drew one step closer Tuesday to being passed into law after a Senate panel reported the bills.
Environmental groups voiced support Wednesday for updated versions of legislation that would require the state to move toward a 100 percent carbon-free energy standard while business, manufacturing and utility officials voiced concerns over reliability and ratepayer costs.
The Public Service Commission announced Wednesday that the comment period on a straw proposal that could tie utility earnings with reducing power outages is open.
The Public Service Commission chair told reporters Wednesday the informal process of looking into the veracity of numerous complaints against Consumers Energy Company is what led to the investigation ordered earlier this month.
A settlement agreement on DTE Electric Company's latest Integrated Resource Plan was the result of work by numerous stakeholders and an improvement in the IRP process, members of the Public Service Commission said Wednesday prior to its approval.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday the appointment of Alessandra Carreon, who has worked in various automotive industry and nonprofit roles, to the vacant seat on the Public Service Commission .