Dive Summary:

• Part of Michigan’s November 6 ballot will include a proposal to require state utilities to steadily boost their use of renewable energy sources over the next dozen years.
• If approved, the mandate would require electricity suppliers to generate 25 percent of their power from wind, solar, biomass, or hydropower by 2025; the measure would be added to the state’s constitution, meaning the Legislature couldn’t overturn it.
• Supporters and opponents are lining up on either side, as Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs lists dozens of business supporters, including renewable energy manufacturing companies, while the state’s two largest utilities – Consumers Energy and DTE Energy – are opposed to the proposal.

From the article:

A proposal to require that Michigan utilities steadily boost their use of renewable energy sources over the next dozen years is stirring a whirlwind of competing claims about costs, jobs and spinoff issues that could leave voters dizzy with confusion.

The measure on the Nov. 6 election ballot would require electricity suppliers to generate 25 percent of their power from wind, solar, biomass or hydropower by 2025. If approved, the policy would be added to the state constitution, meaning the Legislature couldn’t overturn it. ...