2023 House Bill 5123

Land use: zoning and growth management; certification of solar and storage facilities of 50 or more MW but less than 100 MW; make zoning enabling act subject to.

A bill to amend 2006 PA 110, entitled “Michigan zoning enabling act,” by amending section 205 (MCL 125.3205), as amended by 2018 PA 366.

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House Fiscal Agency Analysis

House Bill 5122 would add a Part 8 to the Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act to create a certification process, through the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC), of solar energy facilities and energy storage facilities with a capacity of at least 50 but less than 100 megawatts. The process would preempt local zoning or regulation of such facilities. House Bill 5123 would amend the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act to provide that zoning ordinances are subject to Part 8 of the Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act.

Introduced in the House

Oct. 10, 2023

Introduced by Rep. Ranjeev Puri (D-24) and 15 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Abraham Aiyash (D-9), Brenda Carter (D-53), Kara Hope (D-74), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Lori Stone (D-13), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Christine Morse (D-40), Kelly Breen (D-21), Jasper Martus (D-69), Joey Andrews (D-38) and Jimmie Wilson (D-32)

Referred to the Committee on Energy, Communications, and Technology

Oct. 18, 2023

Reported without amendment