Ingham County: Proposed 873-acre solar power plant stretches across Leslie, Vevay, Onondaga townships

Ingham County: Proposed 873-acre solar power plant stretches across Leslie, Vevay, Onondaga townships

A proposed 90-megawatt solar power plant in southwest Ingham County has become Michigan’s first major test of a 2023 state law allowing developers to bypass local zoning for large-scale renewable projects. The test-case highlights tensions between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2050 climate goals and the rural communities’ fighting to sustain their agricultural lifestyles. The Acceleration Solar project, developed by Chicago-based Ranger Power, would s…