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- Meeting date
- 2026-04-14
- Scheduled start
- 2026-04-14 09:00:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2026-04-14 10:25:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
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- Actual end
- 2026-04-14 10:25:00.000000
- Actual start
- Not recorded
- Chamber
- house
- Committee id
- committee-24
- Committee name
- Energy
- Evidence text
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE ON ENERGY REP. PAULINE WENDZEL CHAIR COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Tuesday, April 14, 2026 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, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie, Linting, Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers Phillips. Absent: Reps. Coffia and Herzberg. Excused: Reps. Coffia and Herzberg. Representative Prestin moved to adopt the meeting minutes from December 09, 2025. There being no objection, the motion prevailed with unanimous consent. The Chair laid HB 5710 and HB 5711 before the committee: HB 5710 (Rep. Wendzel) 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 and certain providers of electric vehicle charging services; 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 sections 6a, 6l, 6m, and 6t (MCL 460.6a, 460.6l, 460.6m, and 460.6t), sections 6a, 6m, and 6t as amended by 2023 PA 231 and section 6l as amended by 2016 PA 341; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. HB 5711 (Rep. Outman) A bill to amend 2008 PA 295, entitled "Clean and renewable energy and energy waste reduction act," by amending the title and sections 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 75, 77, 83, 87, 101, 173, and 191 (MCL 460.1001, 460.1003, 460.1007, 460.1009, 460.1011, 460.1075, 460.1077, 460.1083, 460.1087, 460.1101, 460.1173, and 460.1191), the title and sections 1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 173, and 191 as amended and section 101 as added by 2023 PA 235, sections 75 and 77 as amended by 2023 PA 229, and sections 83 and 87 as amended by 2016 PA 342; and to repeal acts and parts of acts. Representative Prestin moved to adopt substitute (H-1) to HB 5710. The motion prevailed 9-3-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Nays: Reps. Brixie, Andrews and Myers Phillips. Pass: Reps. Tate and Liberati. Representative BeGole moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5711. The motion prevailed 9-3-2: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Nays: Reps. Brixie, Andrews and Myers Phillips. Pass: Reps. Tate and Liberati. At 9:10 AM, the Chair laid the committee at ease. At 9:11 AM, Majority Vice Chair Prestin called the committee back to order. Representative Wendzel and Representative Outman testified in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711. Questions and discussions followed. At 9:38 AM, Majority Vice Chair Prestin laid the committee at ease. At 9:39 AM, the Chair called the committee back to order. Dave Stevenson, representing the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, testified in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711. Questions and discussions followed. Mike Alaimo, representing the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, testified in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711. Ben Poulson, representing the Michigan League of Conservation Voters, testified in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711. John Liskey, representing the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan, testified in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711. Mike Witkowski, representing the Michigan Manufacturers Association, testified in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711. The following people submitted a card wishing to speak in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711, but due to the time constraints were unable to speak: Dr. Lisa Del Buono, representing the Michigan Clinicians for Climate Action. Heather Cole. The following people submitted a card in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711, but did not wish to speak: Shane Berry. Sarah Berry. Douglas and Melissa Nelson. Sonny Koch and Tim Golding, representing Americans for Prosperity. Georgette Peterson. Rose Rook. Bob Hoff. Karen Johnson. Cynthia Henrey. Ronald Resisterer. Kathy Moussalli. Tammy Tapper. Jim Tapper. Tim Langholz, representing the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Judith Janssen. Cameron Sholty, representing Heartland Impact. The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711, but did not wish to speak: Tim Minotas, representing the Sierra Club. Erika Kowall, representing American Clean Power. Denise Hartsough, representing the League of Women Voters of Michigan. Charlotte Jameson, representing the Michigan Environmental Council. Courtney Brady, representing Evergreen Action. Wibke Heymach, representing the Clean Air Task Force. Derrell Slaughter, representing the Natural Resources Defense Council. Peder Mewis, representing the Clean Grid Alliance. Todd Tennis, representing the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Jacob Toomey, representing the Michigan Laborers District Council. Alexis Blizman, representing the Ecology Center. Patty O'Keefe, representing Vote Solar. Ed Rivet, representing the Michigan Conservative Energy Forum. Eli Isaguirre, representing the Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters- Michigan Carpenters. Christian Koch, representing Ceres. Ryan Seblot, representing the Michigan AFL-CIO. Andrew Linhares, representing the Solar Energy Industry Association. Representative BeGole moved to excuse Representatives Coffia and Herzberg 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 10:25 AM. Representative Pauline Wendzel, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2026-04-14
- Meeting id
- meeting-400
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2026-04-14 09:00:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Energy,” /meetings/meeting-400.
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