§ 460.1141 Definitions
§ 460.1143 Wind energy resource zone board; membership
§ 460.1145 Wind energy resource zone board; powers, duties, and decision-making authority; report
§ 460.1147 Wind energy resource zone; designation; creation; preparation of order; report
§ 460.1149 Electric utility, affiliated transmission company, or independent transmission company; expedited siting certificate; application; approvals
§ 460.1151 Expedited siting certificate; application; contents
§ 460.1153 Notice; conduct of proceeding; determination by commission that requirements are met; precedence; certificate as conclusive and binding; time period for granting or denying certificate
§ 460.1157 Construction of transmission line not prohibited
§ 460.1159 Commission order subject to review; administration of part
§ 460.1161 Eminent domain not conferred
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 460 > Act 295 of 2008 > Part 4 - Wind Energy Resource Zone

  • Applicable regional transmission organization: means a nonprofit, member-based organization governed by an independent board of directors that serves as the regional transmission organization approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission with oversight responsibility for the region that includes the provider's service territory. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Board: means the wind energy resource zone board created under section 143. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Commission: means the Michigan public service commission. See Michigan Laws 460.1003
  • Construction: means any substantial action constituting placement or erection of the foundations or structures supporting a transmission line. See Michigan Laws 460.1141
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Federal approval: means approval by the applicable regional transmission organization or other Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-approved transmission planning process of a transmission project that includes the transmission line. See Michigan Laws 460.1005
  • Gum rosin: means rosin remaining after the distillation of gum spirits of turpentine. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • Gum spirits of turpentine: means spirits of turpentine made from gum (oleoresin) from a living tree. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Independent transmission company: means that term as defined in section 2 of the electric transmission line certification act, 1995 PA 30, MCL 460. See Michigan Laws 460.1007
  • Naval stores: means spirits of turpentine and rosin. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Renewable energy: means electricity or steam generated using a renewable energy system. See Michigan Laws 460.1011
  • Rosin: includes gum rosin and wood rosin. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • Route: means real property on or across which a transmission line is constructed or proposed to be constructed. See Michigan Laws 460.1141
  • Spirits of turpentine: includes gum spirits of turpentine and wood turpentine. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Steam distilled wood turpentine: means wood turpentine distilled with steam from the oleoresin within or extracted from the wood. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • Transmission line: means all structures, equipment, and real property necessary to transfer electricity at system bulk supply voltage of 100 kilovolts or more. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Wind energy conversion system: means a system that uses 1 or more wind turbines to generate electricity and has a nameplate capacity of 100 kilowatts or more. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • wind zone: means an area designated by the commission under section 147. See Michigan Laws 460.1013
  • Wood rosin: means rosin remaining after the distillation of steam distilled wood turpentine. See Michigan Laws 290.301
  • Wood turpentine: includes steam distilled wood turpentine and destructively distilled wood turpentine. See Michigan Laws 290.301