SENATOR ALLEN'S "NEXTENERGY" BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW.
News from Senator Jason Allen
JASON ALLEN NEWS, January 17, 2007, Volume IX, No. 1

SENATOR ALLEN'S "NEXTENERGY" BILLS SIGNED INTO LAW. Legislation encouraging the research, development and use of alternative energies recently became state law. Allen spearheaded the NextEnergy package to assist companies like Tellurex Corporation of Traverse City, who developed a piece of technology using alternative energy that was not covered in the Next Energy Act.

The Michigan Legislature established the act in 2002 to promote alternative energy technology and economic growth throughout the state. Some of the key changes made by Allen's legislation are: addition of biomass and thermoelectric technologies as alternative energy systems; addition ofhydroelectric technologies as an alternative energy technology; clarification on the qualifications for hybrid vehicles; and removing the cap on generation capacity for fuel cells, photovoltaic and wind energy systems. PA 475, part of the NextEnergy package, will promote and increase the research, development and manufacturing of alternative energy technologies.

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