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Public Service Commission outlines reliability push, grant spending and new renewable siting section
Summary
MPSC Chair Dan Scripps told the House subcommittee the commission is focusing on distribution-system reliability, implementing new energy laws, administering grant programs and staffing a renewable-energy siting section; he described funding sources, an independent distribution audit and recent grant awards.
Dan Scripps, chair of the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), told the House Appropriations Subcommittee the commission's priority for 2025 is improving electric-distribution reliability while implementing recent legislative energy reforms and managing grants and federal program responsibilities.
Scripps said the MPSC regulates investor-owned electric and natural-gas utilities and has some telecommunications oversight. The commission carries out its authority through contested-case procedures governed by the Administrative Procedures Act and related rules; its orders are subject to judicial review. He cited the longstanding principle that the commission is a creature of statute and should not make management decisions for utilities.
Funding and staffing: Scripps said the MPSC is staffed by about 220 professionals. The commission's operations are financed mainly by the Public Utilities Assessment (PUA), a restricted fund established under Public Act 299 of 1972 assessed on regulated utilities; PUA covers roughly 83 percent of the commission's current-year operating budget. The commission also receives federal pipeline-safety…
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