With the Mineral Management Agency’s offshore wind permitting process estimated to take upwards of eight years to navigate, the Great Lakes are increasingly attractive for offshore wind projects. The prior governor of Ohio put a stake in the lakes by giving development certainty to Cleveland’s offshore LEEDCo project. He understood that site control is the key to any energy project. His rationale was clear and obvious—-he wanted Ohio to take the lead in the next generation of the wind industry that could bring thousands of jobs to a state with idle industrial capacity and manufacturing prowess. Hey, isn’t that Michigan? Will we be left behind? If there is to be any offshore wind legislation in Michigan, it should be to put out the welcome mat to developers. Make certain it gives quick, reasonable and certain site control to developers in exchange for fair revenues to the people of Michigan. Otherwise imagine the headline: Michigan, the Great Lake State that Missed the Boat.