Adopts current federal energy-efficiency standards for appliances and equipment “so that the same standards will be in place in Vermont should the federal standards be repealed or voided.”
State law that automatically incorporates any federal efficiency standard that is “repealed or becomes inoperable, inapplicable, or otherwise invalid as federal law.”
California’s emissions trading system requires carbon border adjustments for imports of electricity from jurisdictions without a carbon trading framework.
In addition to benchmarking requirements, Hawaii’s HB 1464 requires retrocommissioning on public buildings at least every five years.
A state-level standard designed to shift transportation fuels away from high-carbon petroleum.
Establishes separate standards for gasoline and diesel fuel, reducing CO2-e emissions for each by 10% over 2010 levels.
Authorized the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection to regulate carbon dioxide sequestration projects.
Established that the Division of Oil and Gas Resources Management has the authority to issue permits for underground injection of carbon dioxide for secondary or tertiary recovery of oil or natural gas.
Directed the Kansas Corporation Commission to develop specific regulations establishing requirements, procedures, and standards for the safe and secure injection of carbon dioxide.
Divides authority to regulate CO2 injection in different types of reservoirs to different state agencies.