State Reliability Mechanism

*This page presents a record of the work the Commission engaged in to implement the 2016 energy laws and that current capacity charges can be found here.

Provisions in 2016 PA 341 Sec. 6w requires the MPSC to determine a generation capacity charge in certain areas of the state where some customers are served by non-utility electric providers under the electric choice program.

Staff Lead

Cathy Cole

Accomplishments

• The Commission issued five orders that set the SRM charges for the following utilities:
  • DTE Electric
  • Consumers Energy
  • UMERC
  • UPPCO
  • Cloverland Co-Op

Additional Steps

• SRM Charges, if any, will be levied on AES customers after June 1st, 2018

Task Reports

On March 10, 2017, the MPSC issued an order in Case No. U-18239 and Case No. U-18248 to establish a state reliability mechanism (SRM) as outlined in PA 341 Sec. 6w for Consumers Energy and DTE Electric territories. Additionally, the March 10 order opened dockets in Case No. U-18253, Case No. U-18254 and Case No. U-18258 for Upper Michigan Energy Resources Corporation, Upper Peninsula Power Company and Cloverland Electric Cooperative territories. On May 11, 2017 the Commission also issued an order in U-18197 directing technical conferences related to SRM capacity demonstrations. 

Task Events

• U-18239 Consumers Energy Scheduling Memo
• U-18248 DTE Electric Scheduling Memo
• U-18253 UMERC Scheduling Memo
• U-18254 UPPCO Scheduling Memo
• U-18258 Cloverland Scheduling Memo

Task - Related Documents

No documents available at this time