The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today said the state's renewable energy certification system that will track credits for Michigan's renewable energy standard is up and running.

In August, the MPSC approved the contract that designated APX, Inc. as the state's administrator of the Michigan Renewable Energy Certification System (MIRECS). 

"The infrastructure needed to track environmental credits in Michigan is now in place," said MPSC Chairman Orjiakor Isiogu.  "That will help Michigan meet its renewable energy goals as the state moves toward the new energy economy."

The company today launched MIRECS, a Web-based infrastructure that will create, track and enable trading of environmental credits through a unique, traceable digital certificate issued for every megawatt-hour of qualifying energy generated by facilities registered with MIRECS or imported into MIRECS. 

Public Act 295 of 2008 requires the MPSC to establish both a renewable energy credit certification and tracking program and an advanced cleaner energy credit certification and tracking program.

More information is available on the MIRECS Web site:  mirecs.org.

The MPSC is an agency within the Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth.