A new poll shows that 83% of Michigan voters support the bipartisan
energy reform package now before the state Legislature, which will
provide Michigan with an energy plan for the 21st century.

In addition, 86% say they would be much more likely to vote for a
lawmaker who supported and voted for such a comprehensive plan,
according to the poll.

"Michigan citizens are concerned about the cost and availability of
energy - that's clear," says Rich Studley, president and CEO of the
Michigan Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Michigan Jobs and
Energy Coalition. "Moreover, they want lawmakers to do something
about it - now."

The poll of 500 registered Michigan voters was conducted Aug. 22-25
by the Alexandria, Va.-based TargetPoint Consulting. It has a margin
of error of plus or minus four percentage points.

The poll comes as the Michigan Senate considers a bipartisan plan
that would create an energy-efficiency program to help customers cut
electricity use, provide incentives for utilities to use clean energy
technology and require electric companies to expand their use of
renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.

The poll found 83% of respondents approved of each of those three
components of the plan: the energy-efficiency standards, clean-energy
incentives and renewable-energy standards.

SOURCE: Michigan Jobs and Energy Coalition