Michigan House Democrats have begun drafting a renewable energy plan
that calls for a major increase in production and use of such energy
sources here in Michigan. Detroit's NextEnergy, the state's alternative
energy advocate, is supportive of its initial concepts and hopeful of
its passage through the House and Senate.
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NextEnergy's Mark Beyer says the most significant component of the proposal is the establishment of Renewable Portfolio Standards
for the state requiring 10% of Michigan's energy production to come
from renewable sources like solar, wind, hydroelectric and biomass by
2015 and 25% by 2025. A NextEnergy report about RPS that was submitted
to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality explored the effects of such a program on the state's economy and found it to be extraordinarily beneficial.
Beyer explains, "It would put people to work and decrease the cost
of inputting energy. RPS is an attractive lure to [alternative energy
companies] from out-of-state and out-of-the nation."
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