Officials Consider Legal Options for Proposed Solar Project
By Beth Milligan | Sept. 1, 2026
Grant Township trustees and Grand Traverse County commissioners will meet separately this week to explore options for responding to a proposed 375-megawatt solar project spanning Grand Traverse and Wexford counties. The project highlights zoning control tensions after a 2023 Michigan law change allowed solar developers to bypass local boards and go directly to the state for approval – a path developer Ranger Power is now pursuing after running into local resistance.
Ranger Power, under the affiliate name Shipyard Solar LLC, began appearing before local boards this spring to present the project. Primarily located in northern Wexford County – with parts of the infrastructure planned for Grant Township in Grand Traverse …
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