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Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. (“RGGI,
Inc.”)
RGGI, Inc. is a non-profit corporation established
to provide functions outlined in the RGGI Memorandum
of Understanding originally dated December 20, 2005
and thereafter amended (the “MOU”). The
current signatories to the MOU are Connecticut, Delaware,
Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Vermont,
Maryland, Massachusetts and Rhode Island (“Signatory
States”).
The exclusive purposes for which RGGI,
Inc. was formed are to provide technical and scientific
advisory services to the Signatory States in the development
and implementation of a multi-state carbon cap-and-trade
program, to reduce air pollutants that contribute to
climate change, and to perform any other charitable
or scientific function related to the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions or the increase in carbon
sequestration on behalf of the Signatory States.
The
activities of RGGI, Inc. in performing these purposes
may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Acting
on behalf of one or more of the Signatory States
to develop, implement, and maintain a system to receive
and store reported emissions data from sources subject
to RGGI, and to track allowances for RGGI
- Acting
on behalf of one or more of the Signatory States
to develop, implement, and maintain a platform to
provide for the auctioning of allowances by one or
more states participating in RGGI
- Providing technical
support to the Signatory States for the development
of proposed changes to the RGGI program, including
but not limited to the development of additional
offsets standards, for consideration by the Signatory
States
- Conducting
market monitoring related to the auction and trading
of emissions allowances
- Providing technical
assistance to the Signatory States in reviewing and
assessing applications for greenhouse gas emissions
offset projects. Such technical assistance may include,
but is not limited to, the development of model guidance
documents for customization and use by the Signatory
States
The Corporation is a non-stock, non-profit corporation.
The purposes for which the Corporation is organized
are consistent with the meaning of Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of RGGI, Inc. is comprised
of the following individuals:
Connecticut
Gina McCarthy, Commissioner
Connecticut
Department of Environmental Protection
Anne George,
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Public Utility
Control
Delaware
David Small, Deputy Secretary
Delaware
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
Arnetta
McRae, Chair
Delaware Public Service Commission
Maine
David Littell, Commissioner
Maine Department
of Environmental Protection
Sharon M. Reishus, Commissioner
Maine Public Utilities
Commission
Massachusetts
Laurie Burt, Commissioner
Massachusetts Department
of Environmental Protection
Philip Giudice, Commissioner
Massachusetts Division
of Energy Resources
Maryland
Shari T. Wilson, Secretary
Maryland Department of the
Environment
Susanne Brogan, Commissioner
Maryland Public
Service Commission
New Hampshire
Thomas S. Burack,
Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services
Clifton Below, Commissioner
New Hampshire
Public Utilities Commission
New Jersey
Lisa P. Jackson,
Commissioner
New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection
Jeanne M. Fox, President
New Jersey Board
of Public Utilities
New York
Alexander B. Grannis,
Commissioner
New York Department of Environmental Conservation
Garry
A. Brown, Chairman
New York Public Service Commission
Rhode Island
W. Michael
Sullivan, Director
Rhode Island Department of Environmental
Management
Andrew C. Dzykewicz, Commissioner
Rhode
Island Office of Energy Resources
Vermont
George Crombie,
Secretary
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources
James
Volz, Chair
Vermont Public Service Board |
