Michigan 2023 Public Act 235: nuclear generation in the clean-energy standard

Michigan's 2023 energy act, effective 27 February 2024, counts nuclear generation among the ways an electric provider can meet the clean-energy standard when the facility produces electricity or steam without greenhouse-gas emissions. Approval was 28 November 2023. The act is not a construction permit.

Category: Laws, rules and executive directives
Status: In effect
Instrument: statute · 2023 Mich. Pub. Acts 235
Issued by: Michigan Legislature
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Affects: State programme administration
In effect from: 27 Feb 2024 · actual · day
Expiry or completion: None recorded
Operative text: Michigan 2023 Public Act 235 (Official public-act page opened 4 October 2026)
Last checked · next review: 2026-10-04 · 2027-04-15

Legal and geographic scope

The official act page says the governor approved it on 28 November 2023, it was filed on 29 November 2023, and it is effective 27 February 2024. A clean energy system includes a facility that generates electricity or steam without emitting greenhouse gas, and the act names nuclear generation as an example. A separate prong covers natural gas with carbon capture and storage. The act is an electric-provider planning statute, not a construction permit.

Not approved or still pending

The act does not permit a plant and does not name Palisades. House Bill 4128 remains a separate proposed bill. The 2025 House-passed bills were not enacted by this act.

Dated lifecycle

28 Nov 2023 · actual · day · Signed — Approved by the Governor on 28 November 2023 and filed with the Secretary of State on 29 November 2023. (Michigan 2023 Public Act 235)
27 Feb 2024 · actual · day · Took effect — The act page prints EFFECTIVE DATE: February 27, 2024. (Michigan 2023 Public Act 235)

Definitions in this instrument

Clean energy system (2023 Mich. Pub. Acts 235): Includes an electricity generation facility or system that generates electricity or steam without emitting greenhouse gas, and the act names nuclear generation. A different prong covers natural gas using carbon capture and storage.
Legal definition used by this instrument only; SMRMap's inclusion rule for SMRs is separate and unchanged.

Projects or designs named by the source

None. Location in this jurisdiction does not make a project eligible for, or approved under, this measure.

Sources

Michigan 2023 Public Act 235 (government_primary, accessed 2026-10-04)