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House passes Project Lighthouse to lower costs, strengthen reliability

Lighthouse reforms reverse the 2023 mandates and make reliability and affordability the standards of state energy policy

LANSING, MI. — State Rep. Pauline Wendzel, Chairwoman of the Michigan House Energy Committee, today won full House passage of her Project Lighthouse energy reform package, sending the two-bill plan to the Michigan Senate.

House Bills 5710 and 5711 would repeal Michigan’s 2023 green energy mandates, pivoting the state’s energy planning back toward the core principles of affordability and reliability. By requiring regulators to prioritize stable costs and grid integrity, the plan ensures utility companies are judged by their ability to keep the lights on and the bills low.

“Reliability and affordability aren’t features of good energy policy. They’re the test of whether it counts as energy policy at all,” Chair Wendzel said. “For two years, Michigan has failed that test. Today, the House passed legislation that meets it.”

Project Lighthouse also rips out a hidden surcharge buried in Michigan utility bills: a roughly $2.1 million-a-year charge that funnels ratepayer money to outside advocacy groups intervening at the Public Service Commission. Most families have no idea they have been paying for it; Project Lighthouse ends the practice and returns those savings directly to the people footing the bill.

“Lansing asked Michigan families to pay more, expect less, and call it progress,” Chair Wendzel concluded. “Today, the House said enough.”

Project Lighthouse now moves to the Michigan Senate for consideration.

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