Section R. 460.10109 - Disclosure of informationRule 9.
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this rule, utilities shall comply at all times with applicable data privacy tariffs.(2) Prior written approval of the customer is not required for the disclosure of a customer list to a program or service provider of an unregulated value-added program or service in compliance with section 10ee(10)(a) of 2016 PA 341, MCL 460.10ee(10)(a), or to otherwise comply with these rules. A customer list may include only the name and address of a customer.(3) Information obtained by a utility in the course of conducting its regulated business shall not be shared directly or indirectly with its affiliates or other entities within the corporate structure offering unregulated value-added programs or services unless that same information is provided upon request to competitors operating in the service territory on the same terms and conditions and contemporaneously.(4) Customer specific consumption or billing data shall not be provided to any affiliate, other entity within the corporate structure offering unregulated value-added programs or services, or alternative electric supplier without prior written approval of the customer.(5) If a utility provides non-customer specific, or aggregated, customer information to its affiliate or other entity within the corporate structure offering unregulated value-added programs or services, it must, upon request, offer the same information on the same terms and conditions, in the same form and manner, and contemporaneously, to all competitors of that affiliate or other entity within the corporate structure. The provision of such data must comply with all applicable data privacy tariffs.(6) When disclosure required in subrule (5) of this rule is otherwise allowed, a utility shall not provide its affiliates or other entities within the corporate structure offering unregulated value-added programs or services with information about the distribution system, including operation and expansion, without providing, upon request, the same information under the same terms and conditions, in the same form and manner, and contemporaneously, to all licensed alternative electric suppliers and competitors of the affiliate or other entity within the corporate structure. The utility shall keep a record of requests for such information, and shall make that record available to the commission upon request.(7) A utility shall not provide any information received from or as a result of doing business with a competitor to the utilitys affiliate or other entity within the corporate structure offering unregulated value-added programs or services without the written approval of the competitor.Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.10109