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MPSC approves consent orders, grant awards and multiple utility applications in unanimous votes
Summary
At its Sept. 26 meeting the Michigan Public Service Commission approved the consent agenda, multiple case orders including the distribution audit docket U-21305, interconnection and rate settlement orders, and awarded $20.8 million in renewable and electrification grants under Public Act 119.
The Michigan Public Service Commission voted on a series of orders and minute actions during its Sept. 26, 2024 meeting, approving the consent agenda and multiple case-specific orders by unanimous voice vote.
Staff attorney Lisa Gold presented the consent agenda, which included communications matters and two electric and two gas matters. The commission recorded unanimous approval of the consent agenda.
Key orders approved at the meeting included the entry of the Liberty Consulting Group audit into docket U-21305 (directing utilities to file responses and inviting comments), approval of multiple utility applications and settlements (including cases filed by Consumers Energy, DTE Gas Company, Indiana Michigan Power Company, Upper Peninsula Power Company and Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation), and approval of interconnection procedures for Upper Peninsula Power Company (case U-21477). The meeting record also shows approval of a settlement authorizing UPCO rate increases (case U-21555) and approval of several other case orders described on the record.
The commission awarded 19 grants under the Renewable Energy and Electrification Infrastructure Enhancement and Development Grant Program (Public Act 119 of 2023), committing $20.8 million to projects including rooftop solar for schools, battery storage facilities, community solar projects and electrification planning initiatives. Staff noted the grants remain contingent on state administrative board review and provided an anticipated start date of Nov. 15, 2024.
The meeting transcript records each approval as carried by unanimous voice vote. The transcript did not provide a numeric roll-call tally for each motion in the text; the commission generally recorded “all those in favor say ‘I’” and declared the motion carried.
The commission scheduled follow-up docket activity where noted (for example, comment periods and required filings associated with particular orders).
