Michigan electric providers would be required to produce at
least 30 percent of their energy from renewable sources by 2030 under a potential
ballot proposal organizers hope to put before voters this fall.
A group called Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan is preparing
to launch a petition drive this week for a statutory initiative designed to
increase development of solar, wind and other renewable energy sources.
Clean energy and environmental advocates lost a similar
fight in 2012, when utilities opposed and voters soundly
rejected a proposed constitutional amendment for a 25 percent
renewable requirement by 2025.
