var statedata = new Array("", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Emission Performance Standards", "On September 29, 2006 Governor Schwarzenegger signed SB 1368, creating an emissions performance standard for electric generation. Utilities may not enter into long-term purchase agreements for baseload generation unless emissions from the plant do not exceed those of a combined-cycle natural gas plant. The California Energy Commission has since created regulations to set the standard at 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour.  <br /><br /><a href= \"http://www.energy.ca.gov/emission_standards/documents/sb_1368_bill_20060929_chaptered.pdf\">SB 1368</a>", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Connecticut is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Delaware is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "On June 25, 2008, Governor Charlie Crist signed into law House Bill 7135, enacting several new energy and climate change policies.  The policies include the Florida Climate Protection Act, which authorizes the Department of Environmental Protection to develop an electric-utility greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade program.  Pending legislative approval of the final plan, the cap-and-trade program may begin operation as soon as January 1, 2010.  Among other goals, the program will develop a timeline to reduce electric sector GHG emissions to 2000 levels by 2017, 1990 levels by 2025, and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050, in accordance with Governor Crist’s Executive Order 07-127 from July 2007.<br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.flgov.com/release/10074\"target=\"_blank\">Press Release</a><br><a href=\"http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2008/House/bills/billtext/pdf/h713503er.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">HB 7135</a>", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Emission Performance Standards", "On January 12, 2009, Governor Rod Blagojevich signed SB 1987, the Clean Coal Portfolio Standard Law. The legislation establishes emission standards for new coal-fueled power plants (power plants that use coal as their primary feedstock). From 2009-2015, new coal-fueled power plants must capture and store 50 percent of the carbon emissions that the facility would otherwise emit; from 2016-2017, 70 percent must be captured and stored; and after 2017, 90 percent must be captured and stored. <br /><br /><a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/IL%20SB1987%20Coal.pdf\">SB 1987</a><br /><br />", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Maine is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Maryland is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Massachusetts is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Emission Performance Standards", "On May 14, 2007, Montana Governor Schweitzer signed HB 25, which includes provisions for an emissions performance standard for new coal plants. The Public Service Commission may not approve applications for new plants that are primarily fueled by coal unless the plant captures and stores at least 50 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions. This rule applies to units constructed after January 2007. <br /><br /><a href=\"http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0025.htm\">HB 25</a>", "", "", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "New Hampshire is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "New Jersey is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "New York is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a>", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Emission Performance Standards", "HB 3283 (1997) created standards for baseload gas power plants, non-baseload power plants, and nongenerating energy facilities that emit carbon dioxide. These entities must reduce their net carbon dioxide emissions 17 percent below the most efficient baseload gas plant in the United States. HB 3283 allows covered utilities to offset their emissions by implementing carbon dioxide offset projects either directly or through a third party. Alternatively, they may provide funds (corresponding to their carbon dioxide emissions) to <a href=\"http://www.climatetrust.org\">The Climate Trust</a>, a non-profit organization established to implement projects that reduce or sequester carbon dioxide emissions. <br /><br />SB 101, signed in July 2009, applied a different performance standard to all baseload power plants. Generators of baseload power must have emissions equal to or less than 1,100 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt-hour, and utilities may only make long-term purchase agreements for baseload power with generators that meet this standard. This bill addresses all baseload power, including coal plants, whereas HB 3283 applied only to baseload gas plants and other non-baseload facilities. It is also less flexible in terms of compliance: while generators were able to purchase offsets for compliance under HB 3283, SB 101 does not have any provisions for compliance through offsets. <br /> <br /><a href=\"http://www.leg.state.or.us/97reg/measures/hb3200.dir/hb3283.en.html\">HB 3283</a></br><a href=\"http://pub.das.state.or.us/LEG_BILLS/PDFs_2001/ESB101.pdf\">SB 101</a>", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Rhode Island is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Utility Sector Cap and Trade ", "Vermont is a participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a regional cap and trade program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. All fossil fuel-fired power plants with a capacity of 25 megawatts or higher are required to comply with the regional cap, which stabilizes emissions from 2009-2014 and then reduces them 10 percent by 2019.  <br /><br />For more information, see <a href=\"http://www.pewclimate.org/what_s_being_done/in_the_states/rggi/\">Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative</a><br />", "", "", "Emission Performance Standards", "RCW 80-70-010 mandates that new fossil-fueled electric generation facilities mitigate at least 20 percent of their total carbon dioxide emissions. This may be accomplished through 1) payment to a third party to provide mitigation; 2) direct purchase of permanent carbon credits, or 3) investment in applicant-controlled carbon dioxide mitigation projects.<br /><br />SB 6001, enacted on May 3, 2007, issued an emissions performance standard for baseload electric generation. Electric utilities may not enter into long-term purchase agreements for baseload generation unless the power plant emits less than 1,100 pounds of greenhouse gases per megawatt-hour. <br /><br /><a href=\"http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=80.70.010\">RCW 80-70-010</a><br><a href=\"http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/6001-S.SL.pdf\">SB 6001</a><br /><br />", "", "", "", "", "", "");