A report by the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that if Midwestern states adopted strong clean energy policies, their citizens would pay less for electricity, see increased job opportunities, and have cleaner air. Each state has a fact sheet in the report, and Michigan’s fact sheet cites the state’s potential to generate twice the current energy demand for electricity from renewable generation—-primarily wind and bioenergy (including co-firing existing coal plants with biomass). More specifically, the report recommends increasing Michigan’s renewable electricity requirement from ten percent to thirty percent by 2030, and setting the state’s energy efficiency standard at a two percent annual reduction in demand. In the report a “core policy case” is compared to an “alternative technology pathway” to show cost-saving, job-creation, and net-economic benefits.