DETROIT — Utilities in Michigan are raising awareness about the ways consumers can get involved in cleaning up the energy grid, including by participating in community solar projects.
The projects involve multiple customers subscribing to solar-energy generation, and then getting credits for the energy produced on their monthly bills.
Sarah Nielsen, executive director of transportation, renewables and storage for Consumers Energy, the largest utility in the state, said it allows people to support renewable energy without the upfront costs of, for instance, installing solar panels on their houses.
She pointed out it is a more equitable way of navigating the transition to clean energy.
“And by the way, we always support union jobs going to local workers at our solar facilities,” Nielsen asserted. “Any approach to fighting climate change must ensure that the transition to that sustainable economy is just,…
