Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)

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Conn. Lawmakers Urge ISO-NE to Take Action on Climate
Connecticut lawmakers urged ISO-NE to act in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling barring EPA from requiring generation shifting to reduce carbon emissions.
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PJM MIC Briefs: July 13, 2022
PJM's MIC OK'd rules on accounting for PTC/REC revenue and dealing with long-term market suspensions and discussed a loophole allowing CTs to ignore dispatch.
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Court Blocks Pennsylvania from Joining RGGI
A Pennsylvania judge blocked Gov. Tom Wolf’s effort to enter RGGI, saying the administration’s plan was a tax that lacked required legislative approval.
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Dominion Files to Suspend RGGI Participation
Dominion Energy announced during its first-quarter earnings call that it had filed with the Virginia SCC to suspend its rider through RGGI.
Healey Focuses on Climate in Mass. Gubernatorial Race
Maura Healey is focusing on climate in the race to replace Charlie Baker as Massachusetts governor.
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NJ Awards $7.6M for Local Government EVs
New Jersey announced grants of $7.6 million for local government purchases of electric vehicles in an effort to cut transportation emissions.
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Youngkin Report: RGGI a ‘Direct Carbon Tax’ on Va. Ratepayers
Gov. Youngkin’s main argument against Va.’s participation in the RGGI is that none of the money received to date from the program is funding customer rebates.
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Youngkin Takes 1st Steps Toward Virginia RGGI Withdrawal
In one of his first acts as Virginia governor, Glenn Youngkin signed an order aimed at taking the state out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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Can Youngkin Stop Clean Energy Growth in Virginia?
Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin shook clean energy advocates with his controversial nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Virginia’s secretary of natural resources.
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Youngkin Taps Trump’s Former EPA Chief to Head Virginia DNR
Andrew Wheeler, the former coal industry lobbyist who led EPA under President Trump, is now slated to head Virginia’s Department of Environmental Resources.

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