Michigan will implement ambitious clean energy mandates with goal of carbon-free electricity by 2040

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI
Associated Press

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed a clean energy package that will require energy providers to transition to 100% carbon-free energy generation by 2040. The legislation signed Tuesday also sets a goal for utilities to generate 50% of their energy from renewable sources by 2030. That’s a significant leap from the current 12%. Michigan joins several other states that have set 2040 deadlines for power providers to become carbon-free. The state mandates support the Biden administration’s goals of a carbon pollution-free electricity sector by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by no later than 2050.