Amendment ID: S2545-62

Amendment 62

Minimum Emissions Reduction

Messrs. Eldridge and Lewis move that the proposed new draft be amended by striking section 7 in its entirety and inserting in place thereof the following section:-

SECTION 7. Subsection (a) of section 4 of said chapter 21N, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 2 sentences:-

The secretary shall further adopt the 2030 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit pursuant to clause (2) of subsection (b) of section 3 which shall be not less than between 35 per cent and 45 per cent below the 1990 emissions level and a plan for achieving that reduction. The secretary shall further adopt the 2040 statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit pursuant to clause (3) of said subsection (b) of said section 3 which shall be not less than between 55 per cent and 65 per cent below the 1990 emissions level and a plan for achieving that reduction.