Utility nearing deadline to appeal refund

November 13, 2009

Anonymous The Record Eagle Fri Nov 13, 2009, 11:45 PM EST

LANSING (AP) -- Michigan's second-biggest utility has until Wednesday to appeal a judge's recommendation that it refund $106 million to customers across the state.

The state Attorney General's office said Friday in a release that Michigan Public Service Commission Law Judge James Rigas determined that Consumers Energy Co. billed surcharges from 2001 through 2003 to tear down a former nuclear power plant in the Charlevoix area.

Rigas has said the utility should refund excess money to customers.

The refunds would be distributed as a credit on monthly energy bills. Total refunds will depend on how much electricity a customer uses each month.

Refunds were recommended over a six-month period.

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