{"id":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Michigan (Governor, binding public water supplies)","state":"MI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer","authority":"MCL 30.403(1)-(2); MCL 10.31(1)","instrument":"Executive Order No. 2020-28","title":"Restoring water service to occupied residences during the COVID-19 pandemic","dateIssued":"2020-03-28","effective":"2020-03-28 (immediately; filed with the Secretary of State March 30, 2020)","end":"\u0027until the termination of the state of emergency under section 3 of Executive Order 2020-4\u0027; the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 executive orders under the 1945 Act lost effect after the Michigan Supreme Court\u0027s decision of October 2, 2020 in In re Certified Questions (No. 161492) (see the MI State file); a legislative successor is not verified","startDate":"2020-03-28","endDate":"2020-10-02","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["every public water supply in Michigan (municipal and investor-owned) that collects payment for water service"],"clause":"1. A public water supply must restore water service to any occupied residence where water service has been shut off due to non-payment, so long as the public water supply does not have reason to believe that reconnection would create a risk to public health (e.g., due to cross-contamination). To facilitate the restoration of water service, a public water supply must immediately make best efforts to determine which occupied residences within their service areas do not have water service.... 3. As soon as possible and no later than April 12, 2020, all public water supplies that have used water shutoffs as a remedy for non-payment within the last year must report to the State Emergency Operations Center regarding access to water in their service areas.... 4. If a public water supply submits a report... that does not meet all of the requirements described in section 3, then the public water supply must submit a supplemental report every 30 days... 6. This order is effective immediately and continues until the termination of the state of emergency under section 3 of Executive Order 2020-4.","enforcement":"MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3) (willful violation of an executive order is a misdemeanor), the standard clause of the Governor\u0027s 2020 orders","functions":["SV field crews of every water utility redeployed to locate and reconnect shut-off residences","OP collections (shutoffs for nonpayment reversed; obligation to pay preserved, para. 5)","OF reporting to the State Emergency Operations Center by April 12, 2020 and every 30 days","WF utility workforce"],"notes":"Michigan\u0027s disconnection protection for electric and gas customers was limited to low-income, senior and COVID-affected customers under MPSC-approved utility filings (secondary: Energy and Policy Institute list); this order is the statewide mandatory instrument for water.","sourceUrl":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2019-2020/executiveorder/pdf/2020-EO-28.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":184473,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG","url":"/library/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013","citation":"Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order No. 2020-28 (Mar. 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-013)","stateName":"Michigan","related":["AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-033","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-051","AGY-ST-UTILITIES-HOUSING-AG-034"]}