Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.565 (2026)
Transmission line; certificate required.
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ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE CERTIFICATION ACT
Act 30 of 1995
460.565 Transmission line; certificate required.
Sec. 5.
An electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall not begin construction of a major transmission line for which a plan has been submitted under section 4 until the commission issues a certificate for that transmission line. Except as otherwise provided in section 9, a certificate of public convenience and necessity under this act is not required for constructing a new transmission line other than a major transmission line or for reconstructing, repairing, replacing, or improving an existing transmission line, including the addition of circuits to an existing transmission line.
History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2004
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2012–2014 · leading case: In Re Application of Michigan Elec. Transmission Co, 309 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
In Re Application of Michigan Elec. Transmission Co, 309 Mich. App. 1 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “MCL 460.565. A utility that wishes to construct a transmission line 3 other than a major transmission line may, but is not required to, submit an application for a CPCN to the PSC.”
In re Int'l Transmission Co., 298 Mich. App. 338 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “MCL 460.565 then provides that “[a]n. .. independent transmission company shall not begin construction of a major transmission line for which a plan *350 has been submitted under [MCL 460.”
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