On September 4, NWPPA hosted a workshop to explore carbon cap & trade, carbon taxes and other concepts related to the reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) -- Re-thinking Policy Tools: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Legislation Concepts for Congress and State Legislatures Workshop.
Some 60 NWPPA members, general managers, policy makers and government relations staff participated in the workshop designed to encourage our industry to “re-think” greenhouse reduction initiatives and to propose some concepts or ideas to Congress and State legislatures that would work for electric consumers.
NWPPA sent out “work products” from the discussion which can be found below. Some members also met to further explore “other concepts or proposals” for reducing greenhouse gases. We have called this the GHG Working Group.
Below is a list of draft proposals or concepts presented by NWPPA members and sister organizations as examples of greenhouse gas reduction initiatives that would, in the opinion of their authors, better serve the interests of consumer-owned electric utilities and their customers than cap and trade proposals currently proposed by the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) or Congress.
If you would like to view these documents, please click here to NWPPA's Members Only login area. Once you have logged in please click on the GHG materials button on the index page.
Here is a list of GHG Workshop Products and Member Alternatives for GHG reduction initiatives materials available for viewing in the NWPPA's Members Only Web area:
- NWPPA GHG Workshop Summary
- WPUDA’s Straw Proposal for a Regional and/or National Load-Side CO 2 Cap-and-Trade/ Reduce (or Cap-and-Reduce) Legislation as of September 19, 2008(For consideration)
- Clark County PUD’s Cap-and- Reduce: An Alternative to WCI’s Cap-and Trade/Auction as of September 10, 2008 (For consideration)
- Snohomish County PUD’s Cap and Credit Program as of September 2008 (For consideration)
- Redding Electric Utility’s Comments on California’s AB 32 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap: Public Benefits Funding Based on a Utility’s Carbon Intensity as of October 2, 2008 (For consideration)
Disclaimer: NWPPA has taken no formal position on these documents and offers them only as information to be considered, used or modified by its membership in developing their positions on this important topic.
