MPSC Enterprise Data Center Approval Moratorium (SB1020)

Current understanding

Senate Bill 1020 would amend 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1–460.11) by adding section 10ii to impose a moratorium on Michigan Public Service Commission approvals of any new enterprise data centers. The bill targets the MPSC’s regulatory approval pathway specifically, complementing the broader SB1018 moratorium that operates through a new stand-alone act. Status: introduced.

Evidence log

• 2026-05-14 — Public utilities: other; contracts to service data centers; require to be treated as a contested case. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 6bb.: cross-connection with data-center-service-contracts-contested-case: Both bills expand MPSC’s gatekeeping role over utility service to data centers, one via contested-case procedure and the other via an approval moratorium. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-04 — Public utilities: public service commission; moratorium on approvals by the Michigan public service commission of any new enterprise data centers; provide for. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 10ii.: cross-connection with data-center-moratorium: SB1020 (MPSC approval moratorium via 1939 PA 3) runs in parallel to SB1018’s new-act moratorium, layering utility-commission-level blockage on top of the general moratorium framework. (novelty: 3)

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