Michigan Clean Energy Advocate

Brief in consumers rate case demonstrates how solar customers are undervalued lansing mi clean energy advocates submitted briefs in the consumers energy rate case today calling on the michigan public service commission mpsc to conduct a value of solar study to determine a fair rate for energy that customer owned.

Michigan clean energy advocate.

Energy experts call on mpsc to conduct a new value of solar study. On residential ratepayer advocacy nessel is definitely a step up from previous attorneys general perhaps going back to frank kelley said robert nelson president of the citizens utility board of michigan who served as an independent on the michigan public service commission from 2001 to 2005. The clean energy roadmap is a collaborative effort. The rps applies to all retail electric providers including investor owned utilities cooperative utilities municipal utilities and alternative electric suppliers.

They may have been necessary to jumpstart michigan s renewable portfolio when it was first adopted in 2008 but now economics are driving utilities to renewables he said. Ratepayer clean energy advocacy. Nrdc is seeking a michigan clean energy advocate to join the midwest region team of the climate clean energy program. Higan utility regulators have found middle ground between clean energy advocates and dte energy settling a months long dispute over the value of customer owned solar.

Ed rivet executive director of the michigan conservative energy forum which advocates free market approaches to clean energy said renewable targets are no longer needed. Gretchen whitmer s additions to the public service commission include two former clean energy advocates. This policy focused role requires a commitment to advancing a just equitable and sustainable clean energy future for michigan. The michigan energy codes compliance collaborative is comprised of builders contractors code officials state agencies energy raters utilities and energy advocates with the goal to identify gaps issues and opportunities related to compliance with the current michigan energy code.

Michigan s 2008 energy law required utilities to get 10 percent of their energy from renewables by 2015. Michigan regulators find middle ground on rooftop solar payments. The ideal candidate will have a passion for equity centered climate and clean energy advocacy. Consumers energy has reached an agreement with a broad coalition of advocates on the utility s long term clean energy transition weeks after the plan was in jeopardy due to disputes over key provisions.

A proposed settlement between consumers energy and stakeholder groups was filed with regulators march 23.