Michigan Republicans look to classify U.P. natural gas power plants as clean, renewable

March 26, 2025

Utility infrastructure in the Straits of Mackinac
This file photo shows electric infrastructure at Point LaBarbe near St. Ignace with the Mackinac Bridge in the background, Sept. 5, 2022. With limited grid connections to the Lower Peninsula, some Republican lawmakers argue the U.P. needs special accommodations to meet state renewable and clean energy targets in the coming years. (Garret Ellison | MLive)

LANSING, MI – Some Michigan Republicans, utility executives and big players in the mining industry claim new state requirements to ramp up clean energy production will be “catastrophic” for power bills in the Upper Peninsula.

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