The Commission Staff processes the Application and makes a recommendation to the Commission, who then issues an order granting or rejecting the license.

Effective February 1, 2006, all Alternative Electric Supplier (AES) applications will be filed electronically via the MPSC’s paperless electronic filing program. AES’s should not e-file confidential information with their licensing applications but should provide the confidential material to the MPSC’s Regulated Energy Division Staff contact.

Before filing an application, the AES applicant must contact the Executive Secretary Section (Case Management) for assignment of a case number. Please call 517-241-6155 to receive a case number.

Applicants will submit the application, referencing the case number, via the paperless electronic filings procedure (see the Electronic Case Filings User Manual).

For questions, contact Commission Staff:

Sheila Cornfield
Financial Analysis & Customer Choice Section
Regulated Energy Division (517) 335-1600
Michigan Public Service Commission
cornfields@michigan.gov
(517) 335-5539

In a MPSC order, Case No. U-12134 dated December 4, 2000, the Commission established a Code of Conduct for all electric utilities regulated by the Commission and for all alternative electric suppliers (AES) to promote the development of competition, consistent with Act 141. In the amended order dated October 29, 2001, the Commission ordered that the Code of Conduct attached as Exhibit A be adopted. Section VII C of the code requires that all regulated electric utilities and AES file an annual report with the MPSC summarizing the number and types of complaints received and their resolution annually. The Code of Conduct annual report PDF is due to the MPSC office by April 30 for the preceding year.

A condition of maintaining a license requires annual data reporting on a Statistical Data Reporting Form PDF. This report should be sent to Commission Staff.