Midwest Core > Michigan

Resources Market Infrastructure Policy

Resources: A measure of total energy production and consumption per capita

Market: The cost of consumption, measured in electricity prices and gasoline taxes

Infrastructure: Capacity to generate and refine energy sources; miles of pipelines

39th Resources
42nd Market
8th Infrastructure

Michigan has more underground natural gas storage capacity—1.1 trillion cubic feet—than any other state in the nation.

Imported coal—much of it brought in by rail from Wyoming and Montana—provides around half of Michigan's net electricity generation.

state-michigan

Production trillion btu

43
Oil
135
Gas
0
Coal
4
Wind
0.00
Solar
4
Hydro
36
Biofuel
294
Nuclear

net energy Production trillion btu

-2,152
+516 Produced
2,668 Consumed

Consumption trillion btu

786
Oil
804
Gas
622
Coal
162
Renewable
294
Nuclear

Gasoline Tax total state + federal, 2014

MI
$0.49
USA
$0.46

Key Policies

  • Requires the state's electricity providers to obtain at least 10% of the electricity they sell from renewable energy resources by 2015.

  • Requires the use of reformulated gasoline in all eight Detroit area counties during the summer ozone season to reduce emissions.

  • Requires permits and compliance bonds for drilling oil and gas wells. Permit fees are $300. Compliance bonds start at $10,000 and increase for deeper wells.

Electricity net production, trillion btu

-24
8.55¢
MI
8.81¢
USA