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State GHG Actions Inside And Outside New England

State GHG Actions Inside And Outside New England. Tom Peterson, CCAP. Top 50 Global GHG Emitters. Evolution of Policy by US States. Upward evolution typical in US Past examples: Wildlife conservation Air quality (e.g. CAA of 1990) Surface mining Water quality

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State GHG Actions Inside And Outside New England

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  1. State GHG Actions Inside And Outside New England Tom Peterson, CCAP

  2. Top 50 Global GHG Emitters CCAP

  3. Evolution of Policy by US States • Upward evolution typical in US • Past examples: • Wildlife conservation • Air quality (e.g. CAA of 1990) • Surface mining • Water quality • State GHG policies rapidly developing • State and multi-state issues • Many overlapping co-benefits • All sectors, GHGs, mechanisms on the table CCAP

  4. State Actions • 28 statewide GHG action plans • Recent planning efforts are comprehensive, quantified (CT, New England, NJ, NY, RI) • More are on the way (ME, MA, OR, Puget Sound, West Coast, others) • Many states with individual measures • Over 100 types of actions • List is growing CCAP

  5. New State, Local GHG Plans • Include many individual actions (RI = 52, CT = 55) • Cover all sectors but not all gases • Use a variety of implementation mechanisms • Include a few big ticket items and many smaller • Moving toward mandatory and regional programs • Increasingly standardized • Increasingly public and quantitative • Becoming more well-known abroad CCAP

  6. Common “Big Ticket” Actions • Renewable energy - RPS, green tags, etc. • Efficiency programs - Funds, standards • VMT reduction - financing alternatives, impact analysis, reporting • Vehicle efficiency - CA standards, feebates • Waste to energy - landfills, recycling • Combined heat and power CCAP

  7. Sum of State RPS Programs CCAP

  8. EERE Reductions from SBC’s CCAP

  9. Emerging Issues • Cap and Trade - utilities • Oil and Gas Heating - residential, commercial • Process gases - industrial process • Smart growth - continued emphasis • Carbon sequestration - geologic and terrestrial • Hydrogen - transport and power • Distributed Generation - clean alternatives CCAP

  10. GHG Mitigation Plans • Target(s) and goals • Statewide and by sector • E.g NEG/ECP targets • Baselines • Statewide and by sector • Actions • By sector and mechanism • Portfolio approach • Reporting/tracking • By sector and mechanism CCAP

  11. Scope of GHG Plan • All gases? • All sectors? • All target years? • All potential mechanisms? • State, regional, national actions? • Existing and new authority? • Other objectives? • What criteria? CCAP

  12. State GHG Targets • US Regions • New England Governors/Eastern Canadian Premieres 1990 levels by 2010; 10% below 1990 by 2020 • States • Connecticut Pursuing NEG/ECP targets • Iowa 1990 levels by 2000 • Maine Pursuing NEG/ECP targets • Massachusetts Pursuing NEG/ECP targets • New Hampshire Pursuing NEG/ECP targets • New Jersey 3.5% below 1990 by 2005 • New York 5% below 1990 by 2010; 10% below 1990 by 2020 • Oregon Stabilize at 1990 levels, no base year • Rhode Island Pursuing NEG/ECP targets • Vermont Pursuing NEG/ECP targets CCAP

  13. NEG/ECP Time Periods • 2010 • 1990 levels • 2020 • 10 percent below 1990 • Long-term • May require as much as 75 percent reduction CCAP

  14. Sample: CT Transport Actions CCAP

  15. Sample: CT 2010 GHG Ranking CCAP

  16. Mitigation Portfolio CCAP

  17. Sample: CT Transport/Land Use CCAP

  18. Contact • www.ccap.org • 202/408-9260 • Tpeterson@ccap.org CCAP

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