The announcement, made by Republican Governor Rick Snyder, is a boon for the Obama administration as it works to convince coal-heavy states that they are better off complying with the Clean Power Plan (CPP) on their own terms, rather than forcing federal regulators to step in and design compliance plans for them.
“We need to seize the opportunity to make Michigan’s energy decisions in [state capital] Lansing, not leave them in the hands of bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.,”
