Chapter 21N

Section 1 Definitions
Section 2 Regulations for reporting and verifying statewide greenhouse gas emissions; review; inventory
Section 3 Projected 2020 business as usual level; adoption of statewide greenhouse gas emissions limits; levels and limits for electric sector; establishment of declining annual aggregate limit
Section 3A Adoption of sector-based statewide greenhouse gas emissions sublimits
Section 3B Goal for succeeding plan's necessary contribution to meeting each statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit and sublimit
Section 4 Adoption of 2020 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit; relevant information; evaluation of potential cost and benefits; de minimis threshold; emission reduction; public hearings; statement; interim greenhouse gas emissions limits
Section 5 Contents of roadmap plan; filing
Section 6 Establishment of emissions reduction programs; promulgation of regulations; protection of low and moderate-income persons and environmental justice populations
Section 7 Market-place compliance mechanisms; regulations; out-state cooperation; enforcement
Section 8 Advisory committee
Section 9 Applicability of chapter
Section 10 Preparation for impact of climate change and mitigation damage from extreme weather events; statewide adaptation strategy; vulnerability assessments; climate change coordinators
Section 11 Municipal vulnerability preparedness grant program
Section 12 Alternative compliance payment as debt; lien; priority of lien; civil action; waiver or release; security requirements