DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
INTERCONNECTION AND DISTRIBUTED GENERATION STANDARDS
Filed with the secretary of state on April 25, 2023
These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the secretary of state unless adopted
under section 33, 44, or 45a(9) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA
306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a. Rules adopted under these sections become
effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.
(By authority conferred on the public service commission by section 7 of 1909 PA 106,
MCL 460.557, section 5 of 1919 PA 419, MCL 460.55, sections 4, 6, and 10e of 1939 PA
3, MCL 460.4, 460.6, and 460.10e, and section 173 of the clean and renewable energy
and energy waste reduction act, 2008 PA 295, MCL 460.1173)
R 460.901a, R 460.901b, R 460.902, R 460.904, R 460.906, R 460.908, R 460.910, R
460.911, R 460.920, R 460.922, R 460.924, R 460.926, R 460.928, R 460.930, R
460.932, R 460.934, R 460.936, R 460.938, R 460.942, R 460.944, R 460.946, R
460.948, R 460.950, R 460.952, R 460.954, R 460.956, R 460.958, R 460.960, R
460.962, R 460.964, R 460.966, R 460.968, R 460.970, R 460.974, R 460.976, R
460.978, R 460.980, R 460.982, R 460.984, R 460.986, R 460.988, R 460.990, R
460.991, R 460.992, R 460.1001, R 460.1004, R 460.1006, R 460.1008, R 460.1010, R
460.1012, R 460.1014, R 460.1016, R 460.1018, R 460.1020, R 460.1022, R 460.1024,
and R 460.1026 are added to the Michigan Administrative Code, as follows:
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
R 460.901a Definitions; A-I.
Rule 1a. As used in these rules:
(a) “AC” means alternating current at 60 Hertz.
(b) “Affected system” means another electric utility’s distribution system, a municipal
electric utility’s distribution system, the transmission system, or transmission system-
connected generation which may be affected by the proposed interconnection.
(c) “Affiliate” means that term as defined in R 460.10102(1)(a).
(d) “Alternative electric supplier” means that term as defined in section 10g of 1939 PA
3, MCL 460.10g.
(e) “Alternative electric supplier distributed generation program plan” means a
document supplied by an alternative electric supplier that provides detailed information to
an applicant about the alternative electric supplier's distributed generation program.
(f) “Alternative electric supplier legacy net metering program plan” means a document
supplied by an alternative electric supplier that provides detailed information to an
applicant about the alternative electric supplier's legacy net metering program.
January 31, 2023