Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Section 7a.181 - RulemakingBy no later than September 15, 2020, develop and present to the Environmental Quality Board a proposed rulemaking package to abate, control or limit carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel-fired electric power generators, which rulemaking package shall be authorized by the Act of January 8, 1960 ((1959) P.L. 2119, No. 787), known as the Air Pollution Control Act (35 P.S. § § 4001-4015). The proposed rulemaking shall:
(a) Include a robust public outreach effort working with the business community, energy producers, energy suppliers, organized labor, environmental groups and others to ensure that the development and implementation of this program results in reduced emissions, economic gains and consumer savings;(b) Establish a carbon dioxide budget consistent in stringency to that established in the RGGI participating states;(c) Provide for the annual or more frequent auction of carbon dioxide emissions allowances through a market-based mechanism; and(d) Be sufficiently consistent with the RGGI Model Rule such that allowances may be traded with holders of allowances from other states.The provisions of this § 7a.181 amended by Executive Order No. 2019-07 as amended, dated June 22, 2020, 50 Pa.B. 3406.