By Graham Jaehnig for The Daily Mining Gazette

EAGLE RIVER — Keweenaw county, along with 82 counties of the Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) voted in support of a repeal of Public Act 233, which goes into effect in November of this year.

The MAC backs a coalition of groups called Citizens for Local Choice that is campaigning for a statewide vote to repeal sections of PA 233 that, it contends, put an unelected state panel in final charge of siting of energy generation facilities.

At its regular March meeting last Wednesday, the Keweenaw County Board adopted a resolution expressing support for the Citizens for Local Choice.

It is a grassroots coalition of local officials and community organizers across Michigan working to amend a Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act, including the repeal of Part 8, as added by Public Act 233 of 2023.

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