Section 460.2402. Application for approval of energy conservation program.

Rule 2. A public utility may apply to the commission for authorization of an energy conservation program. In respect to each such application, there shall be an opportunity for a contested case hearing upon reasonable notice as provided in rate  cases  before the commission. In respect to each application filed after the effective date of these rules, there shall be a public hearing held in the service territory of the public utility for the purpose  of    obtaining   public   comment   on   the   energy   conservation program.

Interested  parties  may participate in  accordance  with   the

commission's    rules   entitled   "Practice   and    Procedure   Before   the Commission," being R 460.11 et seq. of the Michigan Administrative Code, and Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, as amended, being S 24.201 et seq. of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The commission's staff shall participate in each such proceeding.

History: 1979 AC.