The Midwestern state, home to automakers Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, now requires investor-owned utilities to obtain 10% of their electricity from renewable sources by 2015.
Consumers Energy and DTE Energy say they are at least half-way towards that goal and are in the process of incorporating mainly wind power, with additional small amounts of energy from other renewable sources.
Supporters of Michigan Energy Michigan Jobs , the name of the bipartisan ballot initiative, say they turned in more than 530,000 petition signatures from across the state versus 323,000 required.
