Michigan’s
renewable
portfolio
standard
requires
publicly-owned
utilities
such
as
Detroit
Edison
to
obtain
10%
of
their
power
generation
from
renewable
sources
by
2015.
Spokesman
Scott
Simons
tells
Recharge
that
the
utility
intends
to
eventually
own
600MW
of
wind
power
that
will
be
sited
on
some
of
75,000
acres
of
land
it
has
leased
in
Huron
County
in
Michigan’s
eastern
peninsula
region
bordering
Lake
Huron.
The
remaining
600MW
of
mainly
wind
power
will
be
purchased
under
long-term
contract
from
third-party
producers.
The
first
19MW
is
now
being
supplied
by
Heritage…
