Citizens for Local Choice: Your involvement, support essential to restoring local control
Citizens for Local Choice: Your involvement, support essential to restoring local control
By Carl Bednarski, President, Michigan Farm Bureau, for the Michigan Farm News
Last November, Michigan citizens witnessed an unprecedented Lansing power-grab when the legislature passed House Bills 5120 and 5121 — legislation that removed zoning jurisdiction from local officials in siting decisions of utility-scale wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
The legislation, quickly signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, became Public Act 233 of 2023, effectively transferred zoning decisions from local control to the three-member Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), who coincidentally are appointed by the Governor.
Despite overwhelming opposition to the blatant legislative maneuvers, proponents viewed the “Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act” as the crown jewel to meeting Whitmer’s goal for Michigan to utilize 100% clean energy by 2040.
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Citizens for Local Choice
P.O. Box 14309
Lansing, MI 48901
Office: 215 S Washington Sq, Ste F, Lansing, MI 48933
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