The bill arrives and the number makes your stomach drop. The lights flicker during a storm, and you wonder whether they’ll come back on. You’re choosing between turning down the thermostat and buying groceries. For the families living these moments, none of this is political. But political decisions created it.

As Chair of the House Energy Committee, I’ve spent months digging into how Michigan got here and what it will take to fix it. This week, I introduced my solution: Project Lighthouse.

In 2023, Lansing Democrats passed mandates forcing utilities to hit arbitrary “green energy” targets with no regard for what it costs you or whether the power would actually be there when you need it. They made you fund $2.1 million annually in grants to advocacy groups that lobby against you in rate cases. They bet Michigan’s future on wind and solar while ignoring what happens when the wind stops blowing and the sun stops shining.

The math was rigged. Your bills went up. And you got stuck with the check.

Project Lighthouse fixes this. It prioritizes baseload power, the kind of generation that’s actually there when you need it. It ends ratepayer funding for activist groups and puts that money toward fixing our grid. It tells the Public Service Commission their job is keeping power affordable and reliable, not experimenting with your electricity.

Michigan is growing. New factories, new technology, rising demand for electricity. We need energy policy built on what works, not what sounds good in a press release. Power that’s there when you flip the switch, not power that depends on the weather.

Project Lighthouse delivers what Michigan families deserve: lights that stay on and bills you can afford. In the coming weeks, my committee will move this legislation through the House and begin restoring common sense to Michigan’s energy policy.