Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.1005

  • Applicable regional transmission organization: means a nonprofit, member-based organization governed by an independent board of directors that serves as the regional transmission organization approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with oversight responsibility for the region that includes the provider's service territory. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Electric provider: means any of the following:
  (i) Any person or entity that is regulated by the commission for the purpose of selling electricity to retail customers in this state. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy conservation: means the reduction of customer energy use through the installation of measures or changes in energy usage behavior. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy efficiency: means a decrease in customer consumption of electricity or natural gas achieved through measures or programs that target customer behavior, equipment, devices, or materials without reducing the quality of energy services. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy star: means the voluntary partnership among the United States Department of Energy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, product manufacturers, local utilities, and retailers to help promote energy efficient products by labeling with the energy star logo, educate consumers about the benefits of energy efficiency, and help promote energy efficiency in buildings by benchmarking and rating energy performance. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Energy waste reduction plan: means a plan under section 71. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Federal approval: means approval by the applicable regional transmission organization or other Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved transmission planning process of a transmission project that includes the transmission line. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Independent transmission company: means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Load management: means measures or programs that target equipment or behavior to result in decreased peak electricity demand such as by shifting demand from a peak to an off-peak period. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • plan: means a plan approved under section 22 or former section 21 or 23 or found to comply with this act under former section 25, with any amendments adopted under this act. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Provider: means an electric provider or a natural gas provider. See Michigan Laws 460.1009
  • Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Renewable energy system: means a facility, electricity generation system, or set of electricity generation systems that use 1 or more renewable energy resources to generate electricity or steam. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Site: means a contiguous site, regardless of the number of meters at that site. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Transmission line: means all structures, equipment, and real property necessary to transfer electricity at system bulk supply voltage of 100 kilovolts or more. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   As used in this act:
      (a) “Electric provider” means any of the following:
      (i) Any person or entity that is regulated by the commission for the purpose of selling electricity to retail customers in this state.
      (ii) A municipally owned electric utility in this state.
      (iii) A cooperative electric utility in this state.
      (iv) Except as used in subpart C of part 2, an alternative electric supplier licensed under section 10a of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.10a.
      (b) “Eligible electric generator” means a methane digester or renewable energy system with a generation capacity limited to the customer’s electric need and that does not exceed the following:
      (i) For a renewable energy system, 150 kilowatts of aggregate generation at a single site.
      (ii) For a methane digester, 550 kilowatts of aggregate generation at a single site.
      (c) “Energy conservation” means the reduction of customer energy use through the installation of measures or changes in energy usage behavior.
      (d) “Energy efficiency” means a decrease in customer consumption of electricity or natural gas achieved through measures or programs that target customer behavior, equipment, devices, or materials without reducing the quality of energy services.
      (e) “Energy star” means the voluntary partnership among the United States Department of Energy, the United States Environmental Protection Agency, product manufacturers, local utilities, and retailers to help promote energy efficient products by labeling with the energy star logo, educate consumers about the benefits of energy efficiency, and help promote energy efficiency in buildings by benchmarking and rating energy performance.
      (f) “Energy waste reduction”, subject to subdivision (g), means all of the following:
      (i) Energy efficiency.
      (ii) Load management, to the extent that the load management reduces provider costs.
      (iii) Energy conservation, but only to the extent that the decreases in the consumption of electricity produced by energy conservation are objectively measurable and attributable to an energy waste reduction plan.
      (g) Energy waste reduction does not include electric provider infrastructure projects that are approved for cost recovery by the commission other than as provided in this act.
      (h) “Energy waste reduction credit” means a credit certified pursuant to section 87 that represents achieved energy waste reduction.
      (i) “Energy waste reduction plan” means a plan under section 71.
      (j) “Energy waste reduction standard” means the minimum energy savings required to be achieved under section 77 or 78(1), as applicable.
      (k) “Federal approval” means approval by the applicable regional transmission organization or other Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved transmission planning process of a transmission project that includes the transmission line. Federal approval may be evidenced in any of the following manners:
      (i) The proposed transmission line is part of a transmission project included in the applicable regional transmission organization’s board-approved transmission expansion plan.
      (ii) The applicable regional transmission organization has informed the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company that a transmission project submitted for an out-of-cycle project review has been approved by the applicable regional transmission organization, and the approved transmission project includes the proposed transmission line.
      (iii) If, after October 6, 2008, the applicable regional transmission organization utilizes another approval process for transmission projects proposed by an electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company, the proposed transmission line is included in a transmission project approved by the applicable regional transmission organization through the approval process developed after October 6, 2008.
      (iv) Any other Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved transmission planning process for a transmission project.