HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
REP. PAULINE WENDZEL
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office
Building
The House Committee on Energy was called to order by Chair Wendzel.
The Chair requested attendance to be called:
Present: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, Schmaltz, Fairbairn, Frisbie, Linting, Tate,
Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Coffia, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips.
Absent: Reps. DeBoer and Thompson.
Excused: Reps. DeBoer and Thompson.
Representative Prestin moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 22, 2025. There being no
objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent.
The Chair laid HB 4361 before the committee:
HB 4361
(Rep. Phil Green)
A bill to amend 1939 PA 3, entitled "An act to
provide for the regulation and control of public
and certain private utilities and other services
affected with a public interest within this state;
to provide for alternative energy suppliers; to
provide for licensing; to include municipally
owned utilities and other providers of energy
under certain provisions of this act; to create a
public service commission and to prescribe
and define its powers and duties; to abolish the
Michigan public utilities commission and to
confer the powers and duties vested by law on
the public service commission; to provide for
the powers and duties of certain state
governmental officers and entities; to provide
for the continuance, transfer, and completion
of certain matters and proceedings; to abolish
automatic adjustment clauses; to prohibit
certain rate increases without notice and
hearing; to qualify residential energy
conservation programs permitted under state
law for certain federal exemption; to create a
fund; to encourage the utilization of resource
recovery facilities; to prohibit certain acts and
practices of providers of energy; to allow for
the securitization of stranded costs; to reduce
rates; to provide for appeals; to provide
appropriations; to declare the effect and
purpose of this act; to prescribe remedies and
penalties; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,"
by amending section 10p (MCL 460.10p), as
amended by 2016 PA 341.
Representative Green testified in support of HB 4361.
Kevin Mazure, representing the Thumb Electric Cooperative, testified in support of HB 4361.
Questions and discussions followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4361, but did not wish to speak:
Tony Mosesso, representing ITC Holdings Corporation.
Chris Iannuzzi, representing Consumers Energy.
John Kran, representing the Michigan Electric Co-Op Association.
The Chair laid HB 4486 before the committee:
HB 4486
(Rep. Frisbie)
A bill to prohibit municipalities from imposing
a ban on the use of natural gas or the
installation of natural gas infrastructure; to
provide for the powers and duties of certain
local governmental officers and entities; and to
provide that certain local ordinances,
resolutions, or policies are void and
unenforceable.
Representative Frisbie testified in support of HB 4486. Questions and discussions followed.
The following people submitted a card in support of HB 4486, but did not wish to speak:
Dawn Crandall, representing the Home Builders Association of Michigan.
Tim Langholz, representing the National Federation of Independent Business.
Tony Des Chenes, representing TC Energy.
Stephanie Johnson, representing the Utility Workers Union of America.
Jason Hayes, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.
The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 4486, but did not wish to speak:
Courtney Brady, representing Evergreen Action.
Joanne Wisely, representing the Michigan Townships Association.
Tim Minotas, representing the Sierra Club.
Samantha Gibson, representing the Michigan Association of Counties.
Carlee Knott, representing the Michigan Environmental Council.
Grace Michienzi, representing the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council.
The Chair laid the Presentation on the Dangers of Net-Zero before the committee.
Jason Hayes, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, provided a presentation on the
Dangers of Net-Zero. Questions and discussions followed.
Representative Frisbie moved to excuse Representatives Thompson and DeBoer from the meeting.
There being no objection the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Wendzel adjourned the meeting at
10:14 AM.
Representative Pauline Wendzel, Chair
Dakota Soda
Committee Clerk
dsoda@house.mi.gov