Public utilities: consumer services; disclosure on electric utility bills of the number of power outages that occurred within that billing cycle; require. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 9e.
Key claim: Electric utilities would have to print on each customer’s bill how many power outages occurred during that billing cycle.
Abstract
(SB1174 · 103rd Legislature) Public utilities: consumer services; disclosure on electric utility bills of the number of power outages that occurred within that billing cycle; require. Amends 1939 PA 3 (MCL 460.1 - 460.11) by adding sec. 9e. Sponsor: Sen. Mary Cavanagh (D) + 7 co-sponsors In committee: S Energy And Environment Latest action (2026-09-10): Referred To Committee On Energy And Environment
Why this matters
The bill is a narrow consumer-disclosure measure: it would not change rates, reliability targets, or credits, but would make outage frequency visible on every electric bill. If enacted, ratepayers would gain a routine, standardized signal of service reliability that could inform complaints, credit claims, and MPSC oversight.