“Clean the Electric Grid: Generate 60 percent of the state's electricity from renewable resources and phase out remaining coal-fired power plants by 2030.” (p. 7)

“Limit energy burden from powering and heating homes to not more than 6 percent of annual income for low-income households.” (p. 7)

“Electrify Vehicles and Increase Public Transit: Build the infrastructure necessary to support 2 million electric vehicles on Michigan roads by 2030.” (p. 7)

“Increase access to clean transportation options – including public transit – by 15 percent each year.” (p. 7)

“Repair and Decarbonize Homes and Businesses: Reduce emissions related to heating Michigan homes and businesses by 17 percent by 2030. Increase investments in repairing and improving buildings to reduce costs for working families and small businesses.” (p. 7)

“Drive Clean Innovation in Industry: Encourage clean innovation hubs where private enterprises strategically co-locate and collaborate to develop and deploy new, cleaner manufacturing technologies and conduct research and development to reduce emissions from hard to decarbonize industries.” (p. 7)

“Triple Michigan's recycling rate to 45 percent and cut food waste in half by 2030.” (p. 7)

“Protect Michigan's Land and Water: Protect 30 percent of Michigan's land and water by 2030 to naturally capture GHG emissions, maintain and improve access to recreational opportunities for all Michiganders, and protect biodiversity.” (p. 7)

“Leverage innovative strategies to support climate-smart agriculture.” (p. 7)

“as we work toward our 2030 and 2050 goals, the State will support residents and communities in adapting to the climate impacts we are already facing, especially those in historically disadvantaged and underserved communities.” (p. 8)

“she signed Executive Directive 2020- 10, which committed Michigan to a goal of achieving economy-wide carbon neutrality no later than 2050 and maintaining net negative greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) thereafter.” (p. 9)

“She also reaffirmed the goals in Executive Directive 2019-12, which committed Michigan to pursue at least a 26-28 percent reduction below 2005 levels in GHG emissions by 2025.” (p. 9)

“Michigan joined 24 other states and Puerto Rico – under the umbrella of the U.S. Climate Alliance – in committing to an interim goal of a 52 percent GHG reduction by 2030.” (p. 9)

“To track progress of the MI Healthy Climate Plan and help identify the areas for greatest GHG reduction potential, Michigan will develop a GHG inventory working with public and private partners and stakeholders.” (p. 26)

“Justice40 – Ensure that at least 40 percent of state funding for climate-related and water infrastructure initiatives benefit Michigan's disadvantaged communities, in line with the federal government's Justice40 guidelines for federal funding. Develop Justice40 in close partnership with leaders in disadvantaged communities.” (p. 31)

“Environmental justice analysis – Engage all state agencies in determining how environmental justice screening tools can assist them in designing better information gathering, outreach, engagement, and decision-making processes to reduce existing and future impacts to residents (this includes permitting decisions).” (p. 31)

“Expand on the efforts of the Michigan Public Service Commission to conduct an environmental justice and health impact analysis as part of Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) so the potential community impacts of utility investment decisions are more fully considered.” (p. 31)

“Workforce development and job training – Strengthen and create workforce development, job training, pre-apprenticeship/apprenticeship, joint labor management training, and other such programs for in-demand clean energy jobs – from pre- weatherization services to grid maintenance, electric vehicles, and renewables.” (p. 31)

“Just transition – Expand transparency around the Energy Transition Impact Project's work and provide financial support and best practices to communities addressing economic transitions from closures of fossil fuel facilities and other large industrial operations.” (p. 31)

“Development, retention, and attraction of clean energy businesses – Expand efforts to support business development, retention, and attraction around clean energy businesses. Conduct trainings to support minority-owned, veteran-owned, women-owned, tribal-owned clean energy businesses and help them compete in utility and state procurement programs.” (p. 31)

“Clean energy resources – Generate 60 percent of the state's electricity from renewable resources by adopting a renewable energy standard of 50 percent by 2030, supporting voluntary utility green pricing programs, and creating more favorable conditions for customer-sited behind-the-meter distributed energy resources like rooftop solar. Work with Michigan utilities to effectively phase out coal-fired power plants.” (p. 33)

“Affordability and energy burden – Limit energy burden from powering and heating homes to not more than 6 percent of annual income for low-income households. Increase affordability of utility services through expanded "Percent of Income Pilot Programs" and through minimum allocation levels for utility investment in low-income energy efficiency programs. Direct additional funding to the Michigan Utility Consumer Representation Fund (UCPF) to provide resources to intervenors in MPSC proceedings who represent the interests of low-income communities.” (p. 33)

“Siting – Assist clean energy developers and communities in adopting best practices for siting renewable energy systems. Implement a plan to site solar on state-owned lands and properties as quickly as possible.” (p. 33)

“Energy storage – Adopt a statewide storage target to deploy 4,000 Megawatt (MW) of grid scale storage by 2040 with a short-term target of 1,000 MW by 2025 and a medium-term target of 2,500 MW by 2030.” (p. 33)

“As a part of this Plan, Michigan has committed to aligning our relevant federal and state investments with this initiative.” (p. 33)

“The Plan recommends that Michigan complete its transition away from coal-fired generation for powering our homes and businesses no later than 2030.” (p. 36)

“Purchase incentives – Create and fund an incentive program for the purchase of electric vehicles and at-home charging stations. Explore incentives for products like electric off-road vehicles, electric recreational vessels, and e-bikes.” (p. 37)

“Electric vehicle charging – Build the infrastructure necessary to support two million electric vehicles on Michigan roads by 2030.” (p. 37)

“Clean Fuels Standard – Adopt a Clean Fuels Standard (CFS) to reduce the carbon intensity of every fuel in use.” (p. 37)

“Transit and diverse transportation options – Increase access to clean transportation options – from public transit to electric vehicles – by 15 percent each year.” (p. 37)

“Transportation planning – Implement a Safe Systems Approach in transportation planning to work towards the elimination of fatal and serious injuries for all road users. Develop a transportation strategic plan focused on electrification to guide state agencies in moving Michigan toward our cleaner mobility future.” (p. 37)

“To lead by example on this path, the State of Michigan will transition its fleet to 100 percent zero-emission vehicles by 2035 for light-duty vehicles and 2045 for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.” (p. 39)

“Heating Michigan homes and businesses - Reduce emissions related to heating Michigan homes and businesses 17 percent by 2030.” (p. 41)

“Building codes and climate readiness – Adopt the 2021 Model Energy Code with provisions to support electric vehicle charging and consider incorporation of additional climate mitigating solutions such as energy storage, renewable energy, and building decarbonization.” (p. 41)

“Achieve at least 2% annual electric energy efficiency savings by increasing the current energy waste reduction target for electric utilities and maintaining the corresponding incentives for exceeding statutory minimums. Restore the energy waste reduction target for municipal and cooperative electric utilities. Increase energy waste reduction (EWR) for natural gas utilities to a minimum of 1.5% annual savings with enhanced cost-effective incentives for exceeding statutory minimums.” (p. 41)

“Incentives for energy efficient appliances – Establish incentives for the sale of electric appliances that yield immediate energy and cost savings, particularly for low-income Michiganders.” (p. 41)

“Evaluate gas system regulatory and policy options – Undertake a pathway analysis to assess options to reduce carbon intensity in the built environment.” (p. 41)

“Recycling and waste – Triple the state's recycling rate to 45 percent and cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Expand on efforts like 'Next Cycle' to develop markets for recycled materials.” (p. 44)

“Buy clean, buy Michigan – Strengthen public and private-sector procurement programs to favor the use of low-carbon and circular-economy products and identify opportunities to support disadvantaged businesses in procurement. Encourage the production and purchase of materials made by Michigan workers.” (p. 44)

“Clean industry process improvements – Provide incentives and technical assistance to advance the energy efficiency and other process improvements necessary to achieve carbon neutrality in the industrial sector by 2050. Deploy combined heat and power (CHP) in new facilities and convert existing facilities to renewable energy or lower-carbon fuels such as biogas, renewable natural gas or biomethane, and clean hydrogen.” (p. 44)

“30 x 30 – As a part of the national 'America the Beautiful' initiative, protect 30 percent of Michigan's land and water by 2030 to naturally capture GHG emissions, while maintaining and improving recreational opportunities for all Michiganders, expanding access in disproportionately impacted communities, and protecting biodiversity.” (p. 47)

“Wetlands, waters, soils, forests – Avoid land-use conversion that causes a net increase in GHG emissions and prioritize land uses that reduce GHG emissions. Protect and restore existing wetlands and waterways and create new wetlands where appropriate. Adopt policies to protect the state's soils and enhance their capacity to capture and store carbon.” (p. 47)

“Treaty rights – As conservation efforts move forward, the state will not interfere with treaty rights, treaty resources, and tribal cultural resources and will consult with Tribal Nations. Conservation efforts must respect the exercise of treaty rights.” (p. 47)

“Farm management and practices – Develop initiatives to support farmers in adopting best management practices to improve soil health, store carbon, and utilize other greenhouse gas emissions, while also protecting water quality. Create programs to catalyze and accelerate the transition to cleaner technologies like electric and hydrogen fuel-cell farm equipment.” (p. 47)

“And, as required by the Order, EGLE will submit publicly available annual reports updating all 10 million Michiganders on our progress.” (p. 57)