Terms Used In Michigan Laws 460.38

  • cooperative electric utility: means an electric utility organized as a cooperative corporation under section 98 to 109 of 1931 PA 327, MCL 450. See Michigan Laws 460.32
  • Electric utility: means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity whose transmission or distribution of electricity the commission regulates under 1909 PA 106, MCL 460. See Michigan Laws 460.32
  • Member: means a person, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity that purchases electricity from a cooperative electric utility as a member of the cooperative. See Michigan Laws 460.32
  (1) A cooperative electric utility that is member-regulated shall publish notice of any rate change or any change in billing practices and service rules or terms and conditions of service at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the change.
  (2) The notice under this section shall be sent by first-class mail to all members or may be published in a periodical issued by an association of cooperative electric utilities and mailed to each member of record of the cooperative electric utility.