Meeting Clean Power Plan Michigan

Michigan is positioned to meet its Clean Power Plan target of 21.8 million tons of CO2 (31% below 2012 levels) by 2030. A proposed 'Clean Path Case' involving 30% renewable energy and 1.5% annual electricity savings could drive $13 billion in investment, add 8,300 MW of wind and solar capacity, and provide $4.1 billion in public health benefits by 2030. The brief recommends that the Michigan Agency for Energy develop a mass-based compliance plan and that the legislature expand the Renewable Energy Standard and Energy Efficiency Requirements Standard.

• Michigan's specific goal under the Clean Power Plan is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to 21.8 million tons, which represents a 31 percent decrease from 2012 levels, by the year 2030.
• A 'Clean Path Case' strategy—defined by achieving 30 percent renewable energy by 2030 and 1.5 percent annual electricity savings—would result in nearly $13 billion in capital investment and the addition of 8,300 megawatts of solar and wind capacity in Michigan by 2030.
• The transition to a clean energy path is estimated to provide $4.1 billion in cumulative public health benefits by 2030 by avoiding nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, and carbon dioxide pollution.
• Participation in a national carbon emissions trading program could allow Michigan to earn an average of $428 million per year by 2030 through the sale of carbon dioxide emission allowances.
• The cost of complying with the Clean Power Plan through increased renewables and energy efficiency is equivalent to the cost of continuing to rely on coal and purchasing offsetting allowances.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2016). Meeting Clean Power Plan Michigan. https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-michigan

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Meeting Clean Power Plan Michigan. 2016. https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-michigan.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2016meeting, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Meeting Clean Power Plan Michigan}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2016}, month = apr, url = {https://www.ucs.org/resources/meeting-clean-power-plan-michigan}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }