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Tag: Michigan Capitol Confidential

Stories My Legislator Told Me

By Ken Braun, Section News
Posted on Wed Mar 04, 2009 at 08:48:42 AM EST
Tags: Michigan Capitol Confidential (all tags)

(Promoted by Nick...)

How legislators vote and what they claim can be very different. Michigan Capitol Confidential, a free publication and public service provided by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, exists because the Center decided that a new tool was needed to compare what politicians say with how they vote.

The need for such exposure was recently confirmed in an indirect fashion when Michigan's energy providers asked the state Public Service Commission to let them increase consumer rates by $658 million. Last September, the state imposed a mandate that these utilities generate more of their power from renewable energy sources, and allowed them to pass the higher costs on to consumers. Passage of this mandate was the top story in the November/December 2008 issue of Michigan Capitol Confidential.

Renewable energy and conservation mandates account for one-third of the pending rate hike request. Attorney General Mike Cox has announced that he will contest the request, but even if he wins this round the new law makes it highly likely that every consumer who flicks on a light switch will eventually be paying more.

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