Shane Pendergrass voted Yea (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps
Signed by Governor Martin O'Malley
Title: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps
Vote to concur with House amendments and pass a bill that establishes new limits on emissions for specific electricity generating facilities, and requires the Governor, no later than June 30, 2007, to include Maryland as a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: a greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program established for power plants located in Northeastern United States.
- Specifies that Maryland may withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative at any time beginning January 1, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Limits the annual collective emissions of all affected electricity generating facilities to the following amounts (Sec. 1):
Title: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps
Vote to pass a bill that establishes new limits on emissions for specific electricity generating facilities, and requires the Governor, no later than June 30, 2007, to include Maryland as a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: a greenhouse gas emissions cap and trade program established for power plants located in Northeastern United States.
- Specifies that Maryland may withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative at any time beginning January 1, 2009 (Sec. 1). - Limits the annual collective emissions of all affected electricity generating facilities to the following amounts (Sec. 1):
Title: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and Additional Emission Caps