{"id":2932,"date":"2023-10-17T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T12:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/micleanpropane.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2025-08-29T13:33:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T13:33:32","slug":"rural-michigan-officials-may-lose-zoning-power-over-solar-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/micleanpropane.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/17\/rural-michigan-officials-may-lose-zoning-power-over-solar-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Michigan Officials May Lose Zoning Power Over\u00a0Solar \/ Wind\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2932\" class=\"elementor elementor-2932\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb768f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"eb768f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5167558 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5167558\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governor's Green Agenda could take a big step forward with new bill\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c0795c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c0795c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.michigancapitolconfidential.com\/news\/whitmers-support-for-local-control-may-give-way-to-push-for-solar-and-wind-power__;!!HXCxUKc!3n-tmjDJbkbYlhl5SqCRZIbUPq0uqOVuelXkPUdq4yVUlljDv-76AtWeLT40aJt_7La7k_nXFgsnaAXIKQ$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Excerpt from\u00a0<i data-ogsc=\"\">Michigan Capitol Confidential<\/i>: Oct.16th<\/a><\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"#000000\" data-ogsb=\"rgb(255, 255, 255)\">Some legislative Democrats have called for giving state regulators more say over land-use decisions to advance their green energy goals. One proposal involves establishing renewable energy power zones that could expedite industrial-scale wind and solar development by transferring zoning authority from local governments. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who would have to sign any legislation into law, must d<\/span><span style=\"color: #0e101a;\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-ogac=\"#0e101a\">ecide whether she will stand by her past advocacy of local officials or favor a greater role for the Michigan Public Service Commission.<\/span><\/p><p data-ogsc=\"rgb(14, 16, 26)\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">Four House bills, HB 5120-5123, would preempt local governments, which have used zoning ordinances to have a say over whether and where industrial-scale wind or solar power developments are constructed. Local governments and others could still share input at MPSC meetings. Still, under the proposed renewable energy power zone framework, state regulators would have final decision-making authority, according to an analysis by the <\/span><a class=\"x_editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2023-2024\/billanalysis\/House\/pdf\/2023-HLA-5120-C1BFC260.pdf__;!!HXCxUKc!3n-tmjDJbkbYlhl5SqCRZIbUPq0uqOVuelXkPUdq4yVUlljDv-76AtWeLT40aJt_7La7k_nXFgtN6kNdeg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(74, 110, 224)\" data-linkindex=\"1\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">House Fiscal Agency<\/span><\/a><span data-ogsc=\"\">.<\/span><\/p><p data-ogsc=\"rgb(14, 16, 26)\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">The governor suggested in a\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"x_editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/08\/30\/whats-next-address-energy-paid-family-leave-prescription-costs-reproductive-health-election-security__;!!HXCxUKc!3n-tmjDJbkbYlhl5SqCRZIbUPq0uqOVuelXkPUdq4yVUlljDv-76AtWeLT40aJt_7La7k_nXFgunoti4Kg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(74, 110, 224)\" data-linkindex=\"2\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">press\u00a0<\/span><\/a><span data-ogsc=\"\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/whitmer\/news\/press-releases\/2023\/08\/30\/whats-next-address-energy-paid-family-leave-prescription-costs-reproductive-health-election-security__;!!HXCxUKc!3n-tmjDJbkbYlhl5SqCRZIbUPq0uqOVuelXkPUdq4yVUlljDv-76AtWeLT40aJt_7La7k_nXFgunoti4Kg$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release\u00a0<\/a>that<\/span>\u00a0she supports giving the MPSC broader oversight in siting decisions tied to renewable energy power zones. \u201cTo hit our clean energy goals, the Michigan Public Service Commission needs more tools,\u201d Whitmer said Aug. 30.<\/span><\/p><p data-ogsc=\"rgb(14, 16, 26)\">The governor has, in the past, praised local governments and rejected efforts to restrict their power.<\/p><p data-ogsc=\"rgb(14, 16, 26)\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">In 2021, Whitmer said she would not enforce a measure in the budget that would have prohibited local and state health officials from imposing mask mandates on children under 18, according to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"x_editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/detroit.chalkbeat.org\/2021\/9\/29\/22701175\/michigan-whitmer-enforce-school-mask-mandate-budget__;!!HXCxUKc!3n-tmjDJbkbYlhl5SqCRZIbUPq0uqOVuelXkPUdq4yVUlljDv-76AtWeLT40aJt_7La7k_nXFgsmEG9a-Q$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(74, 110, 224)\" data-linkindex=\"3\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">Chalkbeat Detroit<\/span><\/a><span data-ogsc=\"\">.<\/span><\/p><p data-ogsc=\"rgb(14, 16, 26)\"><em data-ogsc=\"\"><span data-ogsc=\"\">This article is an excerpt from Michigan Capitol Confidential, the news source produced by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. 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