4 Pa. Code Subchapter Q. Commonwealth Leadership In Addressing Climate Change Through Electric Sector Emissions Reductions

Pennsylvania Code

Subchapter Q. COMMONWEALTH LEADERSHIP IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH ELECTRIC SECTOR EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS

Sec.

7a.181.    Rulemaking.
7a.182.    Interaction with regional transmission organization.
7a.183.    Effective date.

Source

   The provisions of this Subchapter Q adopted by Executive Order No. 2019-07, dated October 3, 2019, 49 Pa.B. 6376, unless otherwise noted.
§ 7a.181. Rulemaking.

By 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.

Source

   The provisions of this §  7a.181 amended by Executive Order No. 2019-07 as amended, dated June 22, 2020, 50 Pa.B. 3406. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (398058).
§ 7a.182. Interaction with regional transmission organization.

The Department of Environmental Protection, working with the Public Utility Commission, shall engage with PJM Interconnection to promote the integration of this program in a manner that preserves orderly and competitive economic dispatch within PJM and minimizes emissions leakage.

Source

   The provisions of this §  7a.182 amended by Executive Order No. 2019-07 as amended, dated June 22, 2020, 50 Pa.B. 3406. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (398058).
§ 7a.183. Effective date.

This subchapter shall take effect immediately and shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by the Governor.

Source

   The provisions of this §  7a.183 amended by Executive Order No. 2019-07 as amended, dated June 22, 2020, 50 Pa.B. 3406. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (398058).

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