The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cooperative, market-based effort of 10 states to cap and reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector. It puts a limit on carbon pollution from large plants, and we reinvest RGGI funds in programs that directly help people, communities, and businesses.
While some want to blame RGGI for high energy costs and threaten to defund vital programs that are helping Delaware families, we are here to tell the truth about this important effort.
Energy prices are being driven by bigger market pressures and long-term energy supply challenges driven largely by Data Center growth across the region. To be clear, RGGI is not the cause of the pain people are feeling.
What RGGI does do is give Delaware a way to fight back — by helping families use less energy, improve home comfort and air quality, invest in our business community, and invest in our family farms.
If Delaware left RGGI, prices would not go down since we import power from other RGGI states. We would simply lose over $60 million dollars a year for vital programs.
Let's stick to the facts, learn more in our fact sheet below:
The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Download:
the-regional-greenhouse-gas-initiative-rggi-1.pdf
Check out our video series on YouTube to learn about what is driving up energy costs in the region.
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