December 12, 2007, Introduced by Senators BIRKHOLZ, JANSEN, PAPPAGEORGE, GARCIA and ALLEN and referred to the Committee on Energy Policy and Public Utilities.
A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled
"The management and budget act,"
(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 257.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 257. (1) Subject to subsection (2), not later than the
following dates the department shall enter into contracts with
electrical energy providers to provide that not less than the
following percentage of the electricity used in all state
facilities is generated from a renewable energy source:
(a) January 1, 2009, 3%.
(b) January 1, 2010, 10%.
(c) January 1, 2020, 20%.
(d) January 1, 2025, 25%.
(2) The department is not required to comply with subsection
(1) in a year in which the price of electricity produced by a
renewable energy source is greater than 5% of the price of
electricity produced by a nonrenewable energy source.
(3) As used in subsection (1), "renewable energy source" means
that term as defined in section 10g of 1939 PA 3, MCL 460.10g.