In March 2009, the Michigan Climate Action Council (MCAC) released its Climate Action Plan. The MCAC recommends specific policies and actions to achieve greenhouse gas reductions within the state of Michigan, as well as several recommendations for federal climate policy, including the development of federal greenhouse gas targets. Among the recommended state policies are several initiatives to increase the use of distributed electric generation, facilitate the use of carbon capture and storage technology, and increase the use of nuclear energy. The MCAC also includes several recommendations to increase energy efficiency by, among other things, adopting more stringent building codes and creating a system that encourages utilities to adopt efficiency initiatives.
A total of 54 recommendations were included in the Plan, and 33 were able to be quantified for their emissions reductions. The MCAC determined that following the recommendations would decrease Michigan’s emissions about 33 percent below 2005 levels by 2025 with net cumulative savings of about $10 billion.
Michigan Climate Plan [1]
Climate Action Plans [2]
Links:
[1] http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/MI%20ClimatePlan%20March2008.pdf
[2] http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/action_plan_map.cfm