Bill No.: SJ0001 Drafter: MQ
LSO No.: 14LSO-0359 Effective Date: Immediate
Enrolled Act No.: SEJR0001
Chapter No.: N/A
Prime Sponsor: Senator Anderson, J.D. (SD02)
Catch Title: Regulation of carbon dioxide emissions.
Subject: Requests Congress to require the EPA to respect primacy of Wyoming in developing guidelines for regulating CO2 emissions.
Summary/Major Elements:
· In June, 2013, the President directed the EPA to issue standards, regulations or guidelines to address carbon dioxide emissions from new, existing, modified and reconstructed fossil-fueled power plants;
· Each state is to establish standards of performance for such CO2 emissions and such standards may be less stringent than EPA’s guidelines;
· The Legislature finds that carbon regulations for existing power plants could threaten the affordability and reliability of Wyoming’s electricity supplies;
· Wyoming urges the EPA to respect the primacy of Wyoming and take into account the unique policies, energy needs, resource mix and economic priorities of Wyoming in issuing their guidelines;
· Further, EPA should give Wyoming and other states maximum flexibility in implementing CO2 performance standards for fossil-fueled power plants.