Scope
House Bill 5982 of 2026 would add section 6bb to 1939 PA 3 so that, when a covered utility enters into a covered request providing preferential or individualized rates, terms or conditions that materially deviate from generally applicable tariffs for service to a large-load data center, the Michigan Public Service Commission must review it as a contested case before it can take effect; such a request could not be approved ex parte and would have no force or effect until the Commission issues a final order approving it. The Commission would aggregate electric demand across affiliated and functionally integrated facilities to decide whether a request concerns a large-load data center. The bill was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 14 May 2026, with no later action recorded as of 23 September 2026.
- Geographic scope
- Michigan
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- Michigan Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Not enacted
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- Not recorded as ended
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 5 October 2026
Summary
House Bill 5982 of the 2025-2026 Michigan session would require the Public Service Commission to review, in a contested case and not ex parte, any utility arrangement that gives a large-load data center preferential or individualized rates or terms that materially deviate from general tariffs, before the arrangement can take effect. It was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Government Operations on 14 May 2026. It is a proposal, not law.
What this does not establish
- Only the introduced text was opened; definitions of covered utility and covered request are not restated.
- This bill is not a Commission order; the Commission's existing orders on data center contracts are separate records.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://legislature.mi.gov/Bills/Bill?ObjectName=2026-HB-5982
- House Bill 5982 of 2026, introduced text bill text quoted for scope