Energy Product & Service Price Gouging During Market Disruption

Current understanding

SB 1043 (103rd Michigan Legislature) would create a new stand-alone act prohibiting excessively increased pricing for energy products and services during a market disruption. It is tie-barred with SB 1041 (hotel/lodging price gouging during emergencies) and SB 1042 (goods and services price gouging during emergencies), forming a three-bill consumer-pricing package. Distinct from the emergency-declaration trigger used in the companion bills, this vehicle keys off a ‘market disruption’ in energy markets.

Evidence log

• 2026-06-17 — Housing: public accommodations; excessively increased pricing in hotel and lodging industry during a declared state of emergency; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6102’26, HB 6104’26: cross-connection with hotel-lodging-price-gouging: Both extend price-gouging prohibitions to specific sectors (hotel/lodging vs. energy) triggered by emergency or market disruption conditions. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Trade: business practices; excessively increased pricing for certain goods and services during a declared state of emergency; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: HB 6103’26, HB 6104’26: cross-connection with emergency-price-gouging-goods-services: The HB6102/HB6103/HB6104 tie-barred package parallels the Senate SB1041/SB1042/SB1043 approach that also pairs declared-emergency pricing rules with energy market-disruption pricing rules. (novelty: 3)
• 2026-06-25 — Trade: business practices; excessively increased pricing for energy products and services during a market disruption; prohibit. Creates new act. TIE BAR WITH: SB 1041’26, SB 1042’26: cross-connection with emergency-price-gouging-goods-services: SB 1043 is tie-barred with SB 1042 (goods and services price gouging during declared emergencies); together they extend Michigan price-gouging law to distinct market contexts. (novelty: 3)

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