KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Kalamazoo Mayor David Anderson, state Senator Shawn McCann, state Representative Julie Rogers, Alamo Solar business development manager Michael Cooper, and Craig Farms Katahdins owner and nonprofit director of United Agrivoltaics Samantha Craig are urging the state’s congressional delegation to defend clean energy investments.
They spoke Friday morning in Kalamazoo, noting electricity demand is expected to keep rising and Michiganders are already paying the highest utility rates in the Midwest.
McCann is the chairman of the Senate Energy and Environment Committee and says the 2023 clean energy laws passed in the state are delivering results.
He says Michigan is now in the top 10 states for clean energy jobs.
Anderson says the city of Kalamazoo has a relationship with Consumers Energy for renewable energy.
Representative Rogers added that clean energy is about more than the environment, and says it’s about fairness, health, and opportunities.
All of the people who spoke at Friday’s event say elected officials in Washington, DC need to protect the clean energy investments being made by the state to help build a more affordable, reliable, and resilient energy future.
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