Take Action by 7/22 to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 7/14/08

Action Alert: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [RGGI] Regulations Must Be Approved

On July 22^nd , the Regulations Review Committee will meet in Room 1E of the LOB to revisit the proposed state regulations on Control of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from power plants. These regulations were rejected without prejudice at the June committee meeting. Since then, Governor Rell has asked for substitute language that would have allowed proceeds from the sale of RGGI emission credits to be returned to ratepayers in the form of a rebate on their electric bill. Under the original regulations, emission credits were to be paid into the Energy Efficiency Fund and the Clean Energy Fund to benefit consumers .

Attorney General Blumenthal, in an opinion released this week, indicated that rebates are not permissible as the legislature clearly intended for the revenue from the sale of emission credits to be used to support energy efficiency and clean energy programs.

Unlike other legislative committees, the Regulations Review Committee meets year round and has equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. Please review the committee list below and contact your Senator or Representative. Urge them to finalize the regulations that reduce CO2 emissions from power plants. Sen. Paul Doyle and Rep. Arthur O’Neill are subcommittee chairmen.

My name is _____________ and I am a LWV member from (town). I am calling/contacting you today to urge you to approve the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative regulations without delay. With the Attorney General’s rejection of the three substitute pages proposed for inclusion, we can move forward and finalize the regulations to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. I strongly support the requirement that power plants pay for the pollution they produce and that the resulting revenue should be used for energy efficiency and clean energy programs. Please let me know how you plan to vote on these regulations on July 22^nd . Thank you for your time.

Dist.	Name	Position	E-mail	Phone
S30	Andrew Roraback	Co-Chair	Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov	800-842-1421
148	Carlo Leone	Co-Chair	Carlo.Leone@cga.ct.gov	800-842-8585
S5	Jonathan Harris	Ranking Member	Harris@senatedems.ct.gov	800-842-1420
123	T. R. Rowe **	Ranking Member	TR.Rowe@housegop.ct.gov	800-842-1423
S9	Paul Doyle *	Member	Doyle@senatedems.ct.gov	860-240-0558
S8	Thomas Herlihy	Member	Thomas.Herlihy@cga.ct.gov	800-842-1421
S20	Andrea Stillman	Member	Stillman@senatedems.ct.gov	800-842-1420
95	Juan Candelaria	Member	Juan.Candelaria@cga.ct.gov	800-842-8267
126	Chris Caruso	Member	Chris.Caruso@cga.ct.gov	800-842-8267
117	Paul Davis	Member	Paul.Davis@cga.ct.gov	800-842-8267
78	William Hamzy**	Member	William.Hamzy@housegop.ct.gov	800-842-1423
69	Art O’Neill	Member	Arthur.Oneill@housegop.ct.gov	800-842-1423
151	Claudia Powers	Member	Claudia.Powers@housegop.ct.gop	800-842-1423
S16	Sam Caligiuri	Member	Sam.Caligiuri@cga.ct.gov	800-842-1421

If you have any questions, call Lynn Taborsak, LWVCT Global Warming Specialist at 203-748-0822.

Take Action by 7/22 to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 7/14/08

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