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  1. Assessing Stricter Mercury Controls in Michigan
    Summary: On April 17, 2006, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm directed the Department of Environmental Quality to draft a rule under the state’s Clean Air Act to reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants by 90 percent. The governor ordered the reductions to occur in two phases. The first phase is supposed to entail the reduction schedule established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last year. The second phase is supposed to exceed the federal requirements by reducing emissions 90 percent by the year 2015.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 6, 2006. Type: Study.
     
  2. Groundwater Regulation: An Assessment
    Summary: In proposing the Water Legacy Act, Gov. Jennifer Granholm is attempting to increase state regulation of groundwater use through a costly and intrusive permit regime. If enacted, this drastic change would upend longstanding water rights and further weaken Michigan’s economy.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: May 4, 2005. Type: Study.
     
  3. Assessing Electric Choice in Michigan
    Summary: Ending the regional monopoly structure in the generation of electricity was intended to provide customers with lower rates and improved service quality, while also increasing generating capacity for electricity in the state. But attempts are underway to reverse the course of this restructuring.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jul. 21, 2004. Type: Study.
     
  4. Crossed Lines: Regulatory Missteps in Telecom Policy
    An analysis of forced access in Michigan
    Summary: Violation of property rights is the defining feature of current telecom policy.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 3, 2003. Type: Study.
     
  5. Energizing Michigan's Electricity Market
    Summary: Michigan is about to allow customer choice in the electric power market and, by doing so, end nearly a century of monopoly protection and guaranteed profits for electric utilities. How the state makes this free market transition will impact Michigan's competitiveness and cost of living. The report reviews key decisions before the legislature; analyzes the Public Service Commission proposals; shows the technical, environmental, and economic impact of deregulation; compares Michigan to other states; and recommends ten specific actions to ensure fair, timely, and comprehensive customer choice. The effects of so-called stranded cost payments to utilities are assessed in detail. A four-page glossary of technical terms is included. 33 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Jun. 1, 1997. Type: Study.
     
  6. Timber Producer Certification in Michigan: Self-Regulation vs. State Regulation
    Summary: Which form of regulation is better for solving problems, protecting consumers and the environment and encouraging rational economic planning-regulation by government or regulation by industry through free markets and incentives? Michigan State University Forestry Professor and Mackinac Center Scholar Dr. Potter-Witter argues for a self-certification model that could be applied to other industries. She also provides a thorough review of the Michigan timber market and a timely survey of literature on occupational licensing. 23 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Feb. 1, 1995. Type: Study.
     
  7. Road Map For a Michigan Renaissance
    Summary: In the aftermath of the 1990 gubernatorial election, innovative proposals for a new incoming administration and legislature were needed. In a 20-point program, The Mackinac Center calls for a Michigan Grace Commission, welfare reform, trucking deregulation, privatization, repeal of the Prevailing Wage law, and specific tax and spending cuts.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Nov. 14, 1990. Type: Study.
     
  8. Auto Insurance in Michigan: Regulation, No-Fault, and Affordability
    Summary: Written by one of America's foremost authorities on auto insurance, this study is a thorough review of Michigan's Essential Insurance Act and No-Fault Law. Harrington examines in-depth the structure of rates in the state and explains that they are not the result of price-gouging or insufficient competition. He analyzes the effects of the state's insurance regulations, and makes suggestions that would increase competition, lower costs, and limit the interference of government in a free insurance market. 33 pages.
    Details: Match Rating: 50. Posted: Dec. 1, 1989. Type: Study.
     
  9. 'Pirate Radio' Capsizes From Lack of Weight
    Summary: "Pirate Radio," in theaters now, is a silly and inconsequential movie that represents a missed opportunity to show the negative impacts of government overreaching into what should be a private enterprise. In this instance, British government bureaucrats stymie a broadcast outlet for rock music in the mid-1960s.
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 17, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
  10. Ballot Proposal Is About Mining, not Water
    Details: Match Rating: 10. Posted: Nov. 10, 2009. Type: General Article.
     
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