laws, administrative rules, guidelines & decisions

Laws

• Carriers By Water Act 246 of 1921
• Do Not Call List PA 612 of 2002
• Gas Storage Laws
• Michigan Constitution - 1963
• Motor Carrier Safety Act
• Oil, Gas and Brine  483 MCL
• Public Utilities Laws  460 MCL
• Telephone, Telegraph and Radio  484 MCL

General

• Billing Practices Applicable to Non-Residential Electric and Gas Customers  R 460.1601-460.1640
• Consumer Standards and Billing Practices for Electrical and Gas Residential Service  R 460.101 - 460.169
• Electrical Supply and Communication Lines and Associated Equipment  R 460.811 - 460.815
• Filing Procedures for Electric, Water, Steam, and Gas Utilities  R 460.2011 - 460.2031
• Mergers and Acquisitions  R 460.301 - 460.303
• Preservation Of Records Of Electric, Gas, And Water Utilities  R 460.2501 - 460.2582
• Residential Conservation Program Standards  R 460.2401 - 460.2414
• Rules of Practice and Procedure  R 460.17101 - 460.17701

Electric

• Animal Contact Current Mitigation (Stray Voltage) R 460.2701 - 460.2707 
• Electric Interconnect Standards and Net Metering Standards R 460.601 - 460.656 
• Rate Case Filing Requirements for Major Electric Utilities
• Service Quality and Reliability Standards For Electric Distribution Systems  R 460.701 - 460.752
• Technical Standards for Electric Service  R 460.3101 - 460.3908
• Underground Electric Lines  R 460.511 - 460.519
• Uniform System Of Accounts For Major And Nonmajor Electric Utilities  R 460.9001, 460.9109

Emergency Management

• Michigan Emergency Management Act  Act 390 of 1976
• Michigan Energy Emergency Declaration Act 191 of 1982

Motor Carrier

• Motor Carriers  R 460.18101 - 460.19301
• Motor Carrier Act & Rules: All Intrastate Household Goods Carriers (Prior to Act 33 of 2007) 
• Motor Carrier Act & Rules: Registered Interstate/Intrastate General Commodity Carriers/No Intrastate HHG Authority
• Motor Carrier Act & Rules: Intrastate Only/General Commodity Carriers

Natural Gas

• Michigan Gas Safety Standards  R 460.20101 - R 460.20606
  • Guide to Standards
• Production and Transmission of Natural Gas  R 460.851 - 460.875
• Rate Case Filing Requirements for Major Gas Utilities
• Technical Standards for Gas Service  R 460.2301 - 460.2384
• Uniform System Of Accounts For Major And Nonmajor Gas Utilities  R 460.9021, 460.9039

Telecommunications

• Basic Local Exchange Service Customer Migration R 484.81 - R 484.90
• Emergency 9-1-1 Services Multiline Telephone Systems R 484.901 - R 484.906
• Operator Service Providers  R 484.101 - 484.112
• Payphone Services  R 484.151 - 484.158
• Procedures for Arbitrations and Mediations R 484.701 - R 484.710
• Slamming Rules
• Telecommunications License Transfer Procedures R 484.601
• Unbundled Network Elements and Local Interconnection Services R 484.71 - R 484.80

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These rules and guidelines are linked to the State Office of Regulatory Reinvention - Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.