Americas > Virginia crafts emergency regulation to break RGGI linkage

Virginia crafts emergency regulation to break RGGI linkage

Published 20:40 on March 16, 2022  /  Last updated at 21:09 on March 16, 2022  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, US

Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) on Tuesday released the draft of an emergency regulation that would rescind the state’s RGGI-linked cap-and-trade programme, a move he said was necessary because the power sector scheme is deleteriously impacting ratepayers.
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin (R) on Tuesday released the draft of an emergency regulation that would rescind the state’s RGGI-linked cap-and-trade programme, a move he said was necessary because the power sector scheme is deleteriously impacting ratepayers.


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