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Coldwater BPU votes to opt out of state low-income energy surcharge (PA 95)
Summary
The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities voted to opt out of Public Act 95 for the FY 2025–26 plan year, keeping local control of a low-income assistance fund and budgeting a $112,000 line item to support customers.
The Coldwater Board of Public Utilities voted to opt out of Public Act 95 for the FY 2025–26 plan year, meaning the utility will not collect the $1.25-per-meter surcharge the state authorizes and will instead fund local low-income assistance from its budget.
The board took the vote after a presentation from the utility director explaining the program. "If you remember Public Act 95 or PA 95 went into law in 2013 as a funding mechanism for low income energy assistance to customers," the director told the board, noting the statute now allows a surcharge of up to $2 and that this year the state…
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