Regulators OK Surcharges On Michigan Energy Bills

—Michigan Gas Utilities Corp. will charge residential natural gas customers $1.24 a month for energy efficiency starting July 1.

—Upper Peninsula Power Co. will charge residential electric customers $1.05 a month for energy efficiency starting July 1.

—Wisconsin Public Service Corp. will charge residential natural gas customers $1.40 a month and residential electric customers $0.65 a month for energy efficiency starting July 1.

—Wisconsin Electric Power Co. will charge residential electric customers $0.65 a month for energy efficiency starting July 1.

Also Tuesday, regulators formally adopted rules for a new program so wind and solar energy users can get billing credit for excess power they generate. Residential and business customers who add windmills and solar panels onsite can receive credits at full retail rate from utilities.

The Public Service Commission also fined the Northern Michigan Pipeline Co. $20,000 under a settlement involving a dispute over whether the company improperly started construction of the Pleasanton Pipeline in Manistee County.