LANSING – Detroit Edison will be able to charge special rates to those with electric vehicles under an order approved Tuesday by the Public Service Commission.
The tariff (Case No. U-16406) would allow Edison to install separate meters for the vehicles for up to 2,500 customers in its territory. Those customers would then either be able to pay a $40 monthly fee or see reduced power rates for charging their car during off-peak times.
“As manufacturers begin to sell plug-in electric vehicles, it is important that Michigan’s electric utilities be ready as well,” said PSC Chair Orjiakor Isiogu. “The program approved today will help Detroit Edison evaluate the effect of electric vehicles on its electric system, offers off-peak rates that customers can use to charge vehicles, and offers the infrastructure required to charge these vehicles.”
The experimental program begins Wednesday and would run through 2012.
RENEWABLES: The PSC also approved two more renewable energy contracts (Case No. U-15806) for Edison. The 20-year contracts will allow Edison to purchase 3.2 megawatts of landfill gas-generated electricity from WM Renewable Energy LLC and 17 megawatts of biomass-powered electricity from L’Anse Warden Electric Company LLC. The latter contract also allows Edison to buy renewable energy credits dating back to 2009.
REFUNDS: Consumers Energy was ordered to pay additional refunds Tuesday (Case No. U-15645). The utility must repay another $15.7 million for over-collections from self-implemented rate hikes in 2009 and $2.2 million remaining from the sale of the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant.
The refunds will be paid on the September billing.
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