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- Meeting date
- 2026-04-28
- Scheduled start
- 2026-04-28 09:30:00.000000
- Documented start
- Not recorded
- Documented end
- 2026-04-28 09:47:00.000000
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Official minutes
- Open official source ↗
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- Actual end
- 2026-04-28 09:47:00.000000
- 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 28, 2026 9:30 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, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips. Absent: Rep. Coffia. Excused: Rep. Coffia. Representative Prestin moved to adopt the meeting minutes from April 14, 2026. 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. Substitute (H-1) to HB 5710 was previously adopted on April 14, 2026. Substitute (H-2) to HB 5711 was previously adopted on April 14, 2026. Representative Prestin moved to adopt substitute (H-3) to HB 5711. The motion prevailed 10-2-3: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Nays: Reps. Brixie and Myers-Phillips. Pass: Reps. Tate, Andrews and Herzberg. Ed Rivet, representing the Michigan Conservative Energy Forum, testified in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711. Questions and discussions followed. Representative Brixie spoke to proposed substitute (H-2) to HB 5710. Representative Brixie moved to adopt substitute (H-2) to HB 5710. The motion did not prevail 5-10-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers-Phillips. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Pass: Rep. Herzberg. Representative Myers-Phillips offered the following amendment to HB 5710: 1. Amend page 11, following line 24, by inserting: "(14) The commission shall not authorize a return on equity for an electric utility or natural gas utility that exceeds 7%." and renumbering the remaining subsections. Representative Myers-Phillips moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5710. The motion did not prevail 6-10-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Pass: None. Representative Andrews offered the following amendment to HB 5710: 1. Amend page 11, following line 24, by inserting: "(14) An electric utility shall not recover through rates any cost associated with keeping the J.H. Campbell generating plant open." and renumbering the remaining subsections. Representative Andrews moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5710. The motion did not prevail 6-10-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Pass: None. Representative Martin moved to report out HB 5710 with recommendation, as substitute (H-1). The motion prevailed 10-5-1: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Nays: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers-Phillips. Pass: Rep. Herzberg. Representative Brixie spoke to proposed substitute (H-4) to HB 5711. Representative Brixie moved to adopt substitute (H-4) to HB 5711. The motion did not prevail 5-10-1: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers-Phillips. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Pass: Rep. Herzberg. Representative Brixie offered the following amendment to HB 5711: 1. Amend page 20, line 6, by removing section 173 from the bill. Representative Brixie moved to adopt the amendment to HB 5711. The motion did not prevail 6-10-0: UNFAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews, Herzberg and Myers-Phillips. Nays: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Pass: None. Representative BeGole moved to report out HB 5711 with recommendation, as substitute (H-3). The motion prevailed 10-5-1: FAVORABLE ROLL CALL Yeas: Reps. Wendzel, Prestin, Martin, BeGole, DeBoer, Schmaltz, Thompson, Fairbairn, Frisbie and Linting. Nays: Reps. Tate, Brixie, Liberati, Andrews and Myers-Phillips. Pass: Rep. Herzberg. The following people submitted a card in opposition to HB 5710 and HB 5711, but did not wish to speak: Nick Thomas, representing NextEnergy. Justin Carpenter, representing the Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council. George Davidson, representing RWE Clean Energy. Derrell Slaughter, representing the NRDC. Daniel Pertwee, representing Palmetto. Mark Lee, representing Better World Builders. Ben Hiller, representing Daikin. Cory Connolly, representing Connolly Strategies. John Jevahirian, representing Michigan Solar Solutions. Gregory Adanin, representing Ventower Industries. Mike Bertowitz, representing Elevate. Allen Bonthuis, representing Harvest Solar. Annabelle Hart, representing Michigan Climate Jobs. The following person submitted a card in support of HB 5710 and HB 5711, but did not wish to speak: Justin Tomei, representing the Michigan Farm Bureau. Representative Thompson moved to excuse Representative Coffia 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 9:47 AM. Representative Pauline Wendzel, Chair Dakota Soda Committee Clerk dsoda@house.mi.gov
- Location
- Room 519, House Office Building
- Media count
- 1
- Meeting date
- 2026-04-28
- Meeting id
- meeting-419
- Meeting state
- held
- Minutes url
- Open official source ↗
- Quorum state
- quorum not determined
- Scheduled start
- 2026-04-28 09:30:00.000000
- Session name
- 2025-2026
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Michigan Legislative Activity and Evidence Dataset, release 2026-07-28.3, “Energy,” /meetings/meeting-419.
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