Issue Position: U.P. Energy

Issue Position

There are many facets to energy in the U.P. that must be addressed. Most importantly, it is not acceptable that the U.P. has the highest rates in the entire continental U.S. We must have better policies that allow the U.P. situation to be fairly addressed by our own public service commission without undue influence from other states. While in the legislature I supported several measures that would have promoted more local generation, even at our own homes and businesses. We need to create additional infrastructure for electricity, natural gas, and propane needs to provide options and security for residents.

At the end of 2016 the State of Michigan rewrote its energy policy. I opposed the plan because it did not finish addressing the UP energy crisis and because several crucial promises to the UP were broken

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