§ 460.1141 Definitions
§ 460.1143 Wind energy resource zone board; membership
§ 460.1145 Wind energy resource zone board; powers, duties, and decision-making authority; report
§ 460.1147 Wind energy resource zone; designation; creation; preparation of order; report
§ 460.1149 Electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company; expedited siting certificate; application; approvals
§ 460.1151 Expedited siting certificate; application; contents
§ 460.1153 Notice; conduct of proceeding; determination by commission that requirements are met; precedence; certificate as conclusive and binding; time period for granting or denying certificate
§ 460.1157 Construction of transmission line not prohibited
§ 460.1159 Commission order subject to review; administration of part
§ 460.1161 Eminent domain not conferred

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 460 > Act 295 of 2008 > Part 4 - Wind Energy Resource Zone

  • 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
  • Board: means the wind energy resource zone board created under section 143. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Construction: means any substantial action constituting placement or erection of the foundations or structures supporting a transmission line. See Michigan Laws 460.1141
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dairy product: means all of the following:
  (i) Dairy product as that term is defined in section 12 of the manufacturing milk law of 2001, 2001 PA 267, MCL 288. See Michigan Laws 289.822
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • 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
  • Grain: means dry edible beans, soy beans, small grains, cereal grains, corn, grass seeds, hay, and legume seeds in a raw or natural state. See Michigan Laws 289.822
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • 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
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 289.822
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Processing: means the commercial processing or handling of fruit, vegetable, dairy, meat, and grain products for human food consumption and animal feed including, but not limited to, the following:
    •   (i) The generation of noise, odors, waste water, dust, fumes, and other associated conditions. See Michigan Laws 289.822
  • Processing operation: means the operation and management of a business engaged in processing. See Michigan Laws 289.822
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Route: means real property on or across which a transmission line is constructed or proposed to be constructed. See Michigan Laws 460.1141
  • seal: shall be construed to include any of the following:
    •   (a) The impression of the seal on the paper alone. See Michigan Laws 8.3n
  • 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
  • Wind energy conversion system: means a system that uses 1 or more wind turbines to generate electricity and has a nameplate capacity of 100 kilowatts or more. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • wind zone: means an area designated by the commission under section 147. See Michigan Laws 460.1013