The purpose of the RGGI Stakeholder Process is to provide the environmental and electricity regulators from the RGGI states (the "Staff Working Group") a sounding board on the structure and details of a regional carbon cap-and-trade program.

The RGGI Stakeholder Process will engage a Stakeholder Group and a Resource Panel.

The members of the Stakeholder Group were carefully selected by the RGGI states to represent a wide range of interests and geographies in the RGGI region, while remaining a manageable size to allow the individuals involved to engage and discuss issues around one table, together with about 15 state representatives. The Stakeholder Group is comprised of 24 stakeholder organizations representing electric generator, environmental, consumer, and other affected interests from throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

The Resource Panel was assembled to provide the RGGI states with assistance in the development of a framework for a regional carbon cap-and-trade program, as part of the RGGI Stakeholder Process. Resource Panel members will attend all the Stakeholder meetings and contribute their expertise to the discussions among the Stakeholders and the Staff Working Group.

The Stakeholder Group and Resource Panel will meet with the RGGI Staff Working Group for 1-2 day meetings approximately every other month, from April 2004 to April 2005. All Stakeholder meetings will be facilitated by Raab Associates, Ltd. The location and time of the Stakeholder meetings can be found by clicking on the link below.

Prior to each Stakeholder meeting, we anticipate distributing written material, which will also be posted on this web site.

The Stakeholder meetings are open meetings. Members of the public are welcome to listen and, time permitting, may have an opportunity to comment. In addition, the Staff Working Group may hold larger public meetings at key junctures should the need arise, as called for in the Stakeholder Plan. Each RGGI state is also likely to have its own in-state public involvement process at some point. A draft framing paper (the Stakeholder Plan) describing the RGGI Stakeholder Process in more detail is also posted on this web site.