Michigan

The total volume of PV in Michigan remains small for the size of the state, especially as a percentage of renewable energy, as reported by state regulator.

Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan has started collecting signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would extend the state’s Renewable Energy Standard to 30% by 2030 after the current targets are met in 2021.

In this op-ed, Union of Concerned Scientist’s Sam Gomberg argues that Michigan consumers could be getting a much better deal with solar and wind, as compared to DTE’s plans for a new gas plant.

Cypress Creek is calling on Michigan regulators to deny Consumers Energy’s proposal to put a stay on its obligation to procure generation, noting that this holds up 700 MW of projects.

As Detroit-based DTE Energy considers building a billion-dollar gas plant, solar and wind champions are asking regulators to demand they consider renewable alternatives before approving the construction.

The last round of the trade war decimated U.S. polysilicon, and Hemlock Semiconductor is calling on Trump to address this in the Section 201 remedy.

The Michigan Public Service Commission’s report on net metering shows significant growth in both net metered solar and large installations in 2017.

Ann Arbor has pledged to meet city energy use with 100% renewables by 2035 and Fayetteville by 2030.

The carport project will be managed by Alterra under a 25-year agreement with the university to purchase 100% of the electricity produced.

The Wolverine State’s Public Service Commission has spent 2017 quietly setting up a framework under the 1978 law that could position the state’s solar industry for significant growth.