Coalition News Releases
Coalition Letter to Michigan Senators encouraging passage of comprehensive energy legislation - June 17, 2008.
Senate committee OKs energy reform: Sends package to full Senate with bipartisan support - Coalition press release, June 12, 2008.
Poll: Michigan voters want new electric plants - and are willing to pay for them - Coalition press release, June 09, 2008
Michigan Municipal Electric Association Joins Michigan Jobs and Energy Coalition - Coalition press release, May 22, 2008
MJEC May Newsletter
Michigan business organizations team up to promote energy reform - Coalition press release, May 8, 2008
Michigan House of Representatives pass energy policy reform package in bi-partisan fashion - Coalition press release 04/17/08
Michigan Jobs and Energy Coalition formed to support energy policy reform - Coalition press release 04/16/08
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In the News
Is deregulation of electricity hurting consumers? - Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (NY), June 30, 2008.
Energy bills add up to jobs, economic security - viewpoint by J. Peter Lark, General Manager - Lansing Board of Power and Light and former chair of the Michigan Public Service Commission, as seen in the Jackson Patriot, June 22, 2008.
Poll: Michigan residents willing to pay more for renewable energy, Amy Lane, Crain's Detroit Business, June 9, 2008
Legislature should act quickly on energy bills, Observer & Eccentric Newspapers, editorial, May 22, 2008
A new energy bill: It's time for action , Jackson Citizen Patriot editorial, May 22, 2008.
Lansing needs to flip switch on electricity bill , Detroit Free Press editorial, May 16, 2008.
Expect a jolt when opening the electric bill, Rebecca Smith, Wall Street Journal Online , May 7, 2008. Overview of the causes for rising electricity bills, including fuel costs and deregulated markets.
Fair rates protect state's energy future , op-ed by Anthony F. Earley, Jr. CEO - DTE Energy and David Joos CEO - Consumers Energy, Detroit News, April 28, 2008.
Decade of deregulation felt in climbing bills , Lisa Rein, Washington Post , April 18, 2008.
More information
House Bill 5524 - as passed by Michigan House of Representatives on 04/17/08. Reforms provisions of Michigan's Electric Choice law, P.A. 141.
MI House Speaker Andy Dillon (D) News Release - upon passage of bi-partisan energy plan by Michigan House