Initiative Returning Local Control Over Green Energy Gains Support
Initiative Returning Local Control Over Green Energy Gains Support
By JACKSON CASEY for The Hillsdale Collegian
A ballot initiative aimed at returning control of large-scale green energy projects to local communities is on track to secure its place on next November’s ballot, according to organizers.
The initiative, Citizens for Local Choice, would reinstate local governments’ power to decide whether those projects are developed in their jurisdictions. HB 5120, signed into law last November, gave that power to the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Kevon Martis, a Lenawee County commissioner and part of Citizens for Local Choice’s leadership team, said the effort hopes to “initiate a piece of legislation that will repeal the state’s preemption of wind and solar zoning.”
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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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