Bill > H3983

This bill aims to create a 2050 roadmap to a clean and thriving commonwealth. The key provisions include: 1. Expanding the definitions of "direct emissions" and "indirect emissions" to include a broader range of greenhouse gas-emitting sources and activities. 2. Defining "greenhouse gas-emitting priority" to include natural gas, petroleum, coal, and other solid, liquid, or gaseous fuels. 3. Requiring the Secretary to conduct detailed modeling and analysis to identify feasible pathways for reducing statewide emissions to net-zero by 2050, and to set interim 2030 and 2040 emissions limits. 4. Mandating the Secretary to develop a 2050 emissions reduction roadmap plan and update it every 30 months, as well as an annual implementation assessment report. 5. Requiring the Commonwealth and its agencies to promulgate regulations to implement the 2050 roadmap plan, including the potential use of market-based compliance mechanisms or carbon pricing. 6. Authorizing the Department to impose a schedule of fees on regulated sources of greenhouse gas emissions to cover the costs of implementing this bill and the existing Global Warming Solutions Act. 7. Subjecting municipal electric departments and light boards to the requirements of this bill and the Global Warming Solutions Act, with the Secretary having the authority to approve alternative compliance plans.

Budget and Finance

Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture (J)

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