Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
Air Pollution Control Board
 
chapter
Regulation for Emissions Trading [9 VAC 5 ‑ 140]
Action Reduce and Cap Carbon Dioxide from Fossil Fuel Fired Electric Power Generating Facilities (Rev. C17)
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 7/26/2017
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7/25/17  7:09 pm
Commenter: Marcia Geyer, 350 Central Virginia

Supporting ED-11, with expectations about the rule's effectiveness and effects
 

I strongly support limiting the cabon pollution of our power plants via a cap and trade program.

It is important to me, and to environmental advocates as a group, that the rule DEQ creates make use of the best science available, and set up a capping system that will reduce carbon emissions over time as stringently a RGGI does, after a short lead-in period, in order to be effective. A rule that mandates that allowances received must be traded rather than directly used would be preferable. Apportionment of allowances should be based on amount of power supplied to ratepayers the previous year, not on emissions, and non-fossil fuel plants should receive allowances equally with fossil fuel plants. If possible, the rule should mandate that the net financial benefits of trading allowances be returned to the ratepayers.

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