LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Public Service Commission (PSC) granted, in part, Consumers Energy Company’s request for an extension of the temporary waiver of the commission’s code of conduct for its appliance service plan (ASP) program, subject to conditions. In a separate order, the commission cited Consumers for various violations of the code and ordered Consumers to cease and desist from further violations of the code of conduct, which was established by the commission’s Dec. 4, 2000 order in Case No. U-12134.
On that date, the commission issued an order adopting a code of conduct, as required by the Customer Choice and Electricity Reliability Act. The purpose of the code of conduct is to prevent electric utilities and alternative electric suppliers from engaging in cross-subsidization, information sharing, and preferential treatment between their regulated and unregulated services.