This page lists my posts on the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). RGGI is a cap and auction program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the electric sector. It started in 2009 and the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont have participated ever since. New Jersey was included at the start of the program, dropped out and re-joined in 2020. Virginia recently announced that they would join in 2021 and Pennsylvania is in their state process to join in 2022. Allowances are auctioned and the investments are supposed to be invested in programs to reduce emissions.
I have been involved in the RGGI program process since its inception. Before retirement from a non-regulated generating company, I was actively analyzing air quality regulations that could affect company operations and was responsible for the emissions data used for compliance. As a result, I have a niche understanding of the information necessary to critique RGGI. The opinions expressed in these posts do not reflect the position of any of my previous employers or any other company I have been associated with, these comments are mine alone.
The following are my posts on RGGI. Note that I update the status of investment proceeds and allowance holdings regularly.
RGGI Posts
- Has the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Been Successful? February 18, 2017
- How Much Has the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Reduced CO2 Emissions? February 25, 2017
- How Much Has the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Reduced Other Pollutant Emissions? March 5, 2017
- RGGI Containment Reserves, April 30, 2017
- RGGI as the Electric Sector Compliance Tool to Achieve 2030 State Climate Targets, May 7, 2017
- RGGI Costs Relative to NYS Electric Supply Rate Requests July 14, 2017
- Academic RGGI Economic Theory of Allowance Management July 21, 2017
- Investment of RGGI Proceeds 2015, October 10, 2017
- My Comments on the September 2017 RGGI Meeting, October 20,2017
- RGGI 2016 Program Review Completion, December 24, 2017
- NYS RGGI Operating Plan Expectations vs. Reality, December 29, 2017
- NY RGGI Stakeholder Meeting February 2018, January 27, 2018
- RGGI Allowance Status March 2018, April 26, 2018
- Environmental Advocates of New York RGGI at a Crossroads Report, June 3, 2018
- Investment of RGGI Proceeds in 2016 October 23, 2018
- RGGI Emission and Allowance 2018 Status February 6, 2019
- RGGI in the Weeds, February 10, 2019
- New Jersey Re-Joins RGGI June 18, 2019
- NYSERDA RGGI Investments – Status Through 2018 September 23, 2019
- RGGI Investment Report for 2017 – October 15, 2019
- RGGI Lessons to Date November 2019 Edition November 5, 2019
- RGGI – A Cap and Tax Market Program January 4, 2020
- NYSERDA RGGI-Funded Program Results February 18 2020
- Acadia Center RGGI 10-Year Review April 15, 2020
- RGGI Leakage April 28, 2020
- Part 242 Comments – Background and Rationale for Revisions June 25, 2020
- Part 242 Comments on the Regulatory Impact Statement June 25, 2020
- Investment of RGGI Proceeds Report for 2018 July 30, 2020
- Critique of RGGI 101 How it Works and How it Benefits Pennsylvanians August 7, 2020
- My Testimony to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Environmental Resources & Energy Committee September 2, 2020
- RGGI Response to Investment of RGGI Proceeds 2018 Letter September 4, 2020
- 2020 76West Clean Energy Competition Winners, October 24, 2020
- Another Cautionary RGGI Tale from New York January 4, 2021
