Senate Democrats propose significant changes to Michigan’s automatic power outage credit

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: September 11, 2026

Words: 594

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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After severe weather knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents last week, members of the Democrat-led state Senate are introducing legislation to provide Michiganders facing lengthy outages with hourly payments.

Sens. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Township), Sue Shink (D-Northfield Township.) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced six bills earlier this week to provide energy customers with credits on their bill based on the amount of …

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