Where it stands · Alcona County · verified Oct 1, 2026
Gustin Solar
Gustin Twp. denied a 25 MW addition Aug 6; its 2024 approval of 215 MW has not been rescinded in any record we found. Harrisville next meets Oct 7.
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Utility-scale energy projects are arriving in Michigan's townships faster than most residents can track them — and the law that decides who approves them changed in 2023. Each file below is built the same way: the primary records mirrored verbatim with integrity fingerprints, a source-checked briefing, and both sides quoted in their own words. No position taken; the record speaks.
Michigan Energy Files · the tracker
Where the tracked projects stand
16 utility-scale energy projects in 15 Michigan counties, as of Oct 1, 2026: the 12 cases on the Michigan Public Service Commission’s siting table and 4 projects followed from township and county records.
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- Announced, no application 1
Named by the developer; no application found in any record. - Under local review 1
An application is before a township or county body. - At the MPSC 10
An application is on the Michigan Public Service Commission’s siting table and not decided. - MPSC certificate granted 1
The MPSC table lists the case as “Certificate Granted”. - Withdrawn 1
The applicant withdrew the application. - Local moratorium 1
The county or township has paused new applications. - Not yet verified 1
No record establishes a status. - Outer ring
Parts of the project have different outcomes; see its card.
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Announced, no application 1
Under local review 1
At the MPSC 10
- Birch Valley SolarTuscola County
- Fiddlehead SolarEaton and Jackson counties
- Glacier Meadows SolarLenawee County
- Headland SolarLivingston County
- Lakeside SolarMuskegon County
- Otisville SolarGenesee County
- Riverbend WindSanilac County
- Rouget Road SolarLenawee County
- Silver Maple SolarOttawa County
- Washtenaw Solar EnergyWashtenaw County
MPSC certificate granted 1
Withdrawn 1
Local moratorium 1
Not yet verified 1
Each pin is one project; shape and colour show where it stands. Pins mark the county, not the site.
Open the full tracker: every project in a sortable, downloadable table →
Megawatts by status
2,481 MW in the bar, from 13 of 16 tracked projects.
Gustin Solar is counted here by part, so this is 1 MW less than the tracker table's sum.
3 projects have no verified megawatt figure and are not in the bar: Caledonia Solar, Logan Solar, Munro Solar.
Each status, its projects and their records, as of Oct 1, 2026: the tracker
Open files
Gustin Solar
Consumers Energy's 335 MW proposal across Gustin & Harrisville Townships — the briefing, the July 26 Grobbel comment letter checked against the record, and the decision pathway.
Gustin Twp. denied a 25 MW addition Aug 6; its 2024 approval of 215 MW has not been rescinded in any record we found. Harrisville next meets Oct 7. New · Alcona CountyCaledonia Solar
The other Consumers Energy project in Alcona County, near Hubbard Lake. No application has been filed; the township approved amendments to its solar zoning rules this summer.
Statewide · Map and tableThe Project Tracker
Every project in these files and every case on the Michigan Public Service Commission's siting list, on a map you can move back in time and in a table you can sort and download.
Statewide explainerThe Law — PA 233
Who wrote the siting law, who voted for it — three party-line roll calls verified in the journals — and the case on the law's implementation now before the Michigan Supreme Court.
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In the pipeline
Logan Solar
A Consumers Energy project in Ogemaw County. The county adopted a one-year moratorium on new solar, wind, battery-storage and data-center applications on Aug 27, 2026 (Resolution 26-134). Its effective date, and whether it covers Logan Township, are not yet confirmed. The file opens once the dossier is verified.
Munro Solar
A Consumers Energy project in Cheboygan County. Records collection has begun.
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