Andy Balaskovitz is a contributing editor at Canary Media who compiles the Midwest Energy News newsletter. He is based in Michigan and has covered the state’s energy transition since 2014 for various publications, including the Energy News Network.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s 30 percent clean energy goal by 2025 wouldn’t necessarily expand renewable energy at all in the state — a realization that was slow to reach the public, according to emails released earlier this month in relation to the Flint water crisis.