Michigan appeals judges were skeptical Wednesday of rules by state energy regulators to implement a Democrat-backed law that limited local governments’ power to approve clean energy projects.
Members of a three-judge Court of Appeals panel pushed a lawyer for the Michigan Public Service Commission on several aspects of the rules enacted in a 2024 order setting procedures for wind, solar, and energy storage developers seeking siting approval to build an energy facility.
For example, when it came to the definition of an “affected local unit”—the local government where part or all of a project will be located—Judge Christopher M. Murray ...
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