The Expansion and Strengthening of RGGI
(Path 2: Subnational Leadership)
After remaining relatively quiet for the past several years, RGGI is back in the action with deeper emissions cuts proposed, new potential members and even its first offset project. In November, Virginia regulators approved plans for the state to launch a carbon reduction program and potentially link to RGGI, and New Jersey is considering rejoining the East Coast program. In August 2017, it proposed cutting GHG emissions from utilities an additional 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030. In this session, state regulators, market participants and market observers will talk about the current developments with RGGI and where the cap-and-trade program is headed.
Justin Johnson (moderator)
Head – Global Strategic Markets, MMR, LLC
Andrew McKeon
Executive Director, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Paul Hibbard
Principal, Analysis Group
Tom Ballou
Manager, Office of Air Data Analysis and Planning, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
Christopher Van Atten
Senior Vice President, M.J. Bradley & Associates, LLC
