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Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.566 (2026)

Public meeting as condition for certificate application.

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ELECTRIC TRANSMISSION LINE CERTIFICATION ACT


Act 30 of 1995


460.566 Public meeting as condition for certificate application.

Sec. 6.

    (1) Before applying for a certificate under section 5, an electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall schedule and hold a public meeting in each municipality through which a proposed major transmission line for which a plan has been submitted under section 4 would pass. A public meeting held in a township satisfies the requirement that a public meeting be held in each affected village located within the township.

    (2) In the 60 days before a public meeting held under subsection (1), the electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company shall offer in writing to meet with the chief elected official of each affected municipality or his or her designee to discuss the utility's, affiliated transmission company's, or independent transmission company's desire to build the major transmission line and to explore the routes to be considered.

History: 1995, Act 30, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1995 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 198, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2004

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2014–2014 · leading case: In Re Application of Michigan Elec. Transmission Co, 867 N.W.2d 911 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).
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In Re Application of Michigan Elec. Transmission Co, 867 N.W.2d 911 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “569, and held public meetings on its proposal as required by MCL 460.566(1). Moreover, the PSC conducted a *14 contested-case hearing on METC’s application and the Landowners intervened in the proceeding, as was their right under MCL 460.”
Mich. Comp. Laws § 460.566(1): 1 case
In Re Application of Michigan Elec. Transmission Co, 867 N.W.2d 911 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “569, and held public meetings on its proposal as required by MCL 460.566(1). Moreover, the PSC conducted a *14 contested-case hearing on METC’s application and the Landowners intervened in the proceeding, as was their right under MCL 460.”
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