2026 Senate Resolution 104

Whereas, Gas prices across Michigan have drastically surged, with consumers paying the highest prices since August of 2024; and

Whereas, The national average cost of diesel fuel has also increased by more than $1.40 per gallon since March 1st of this year; and

Whereas, Soaring crude oil costs have coincided with a sharp rise in fertilizer prices, including an over 30 percent increase for urea — the most widely used solid nitrogen fertilizer — since the end of February 2026; and

Whereas, Michigan farmers are bearing the brunt of rising fuel and fertilizer prices at the onset of planting season, all while margins are already tight and input costs are hitting record highs; and

Whereas, Furthermore, ordinary Michiganders are also experiencing the 13 percent hike in energy costs seen nationally since the beginning of the second Trump Administration; and

Whereas, The United States Department of Energy has repeatedly ordered West Michigan’s unreliable, pollutive J.H. Campbell coal plant to remain open well past its original May 2025 closure date despite costing ratepayers over $600,000 a day and over $135 million through December of last year; and

Whereas, Through the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” Washington Republicans have cancelled hundreds of renewable energy credits and programs intended to provide affordable, efficient energy to the American people, now passing the costs off to billpayers; and

Whereas, In a time of heightened economic uncertainty, the Trump Administration is making it even harder for farmers, drivers, consumers, and all other Michigan residents to make ends meet; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate, That the members of this legislative body call on the President to be honest with the American people about the decisions his administration has made that are causing higher energy bills for Michigan families; and be it further

Resolved, That we urge the United States Congress to pass a war powers resolution to bring a swift conclusion to Trump’s war with Iran, which has indisputably caused a significant spike in fuel costs since the conflict began; and be it further

Resolved, That this body calls upon the Trump Administration to reinstate the renewable energy projects and programs that would have provided cheap, reliable, clean energy to the American people; and be it further

Resolved, That we urge the President to allow energy companies to close inefficient, costly coal plants that are hiking costs, polluting our environment, and failing to meet our energy needs; and be it further

Resolved, That we call upon our leaders in Washington to pursue every available means to tackle surging energy costs, restore proven-effective renewable energy programs, and put the priorities of the American people first and foremost; and be it further

Resolved, That copies of this resolution be transmitted to the President of the United States, the Speaker and Minority Leaders of the United States House of Representatives, the Majority and Minority Leaders of the United States Senate, and members of the Michigan congressional delegation.