Article by Erin Bowling for WILX 10

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - At the start of the new year, Consumers Energy powered up 72 new wind turbines in Gratiot County near the Clinton County line. It’s Consumer’s fifth wind farm in Michigan, with more clean energy projects to come.

A recently signed clean energy law gives state officials the ability to decide where these projects go. Many are upset with the law, and some have even formed a group to stop it with a ballot initiative.

With Michigan’s new law mandating 100% clean energy by 2040, the state needs a lot more clean energy farms. The question is, where do they go? The state now can make that decision, but some Michiganders say they want to protect their undeveloped land from large-scale clean energy developments....

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