Carbon Calculus: More States Are Adding Carbon Costs to Utility Planning Guidelines
View on Utility Dive website"California is also considering using the cost of carbon as part of its comprehensive energy and climate programs. All told, the United States government utilized the social cost of carbon in more than 150 proposed and final regulatory measures, according to according to energy and environmental policy think tank Resources for the Future (RFF). And support gained momentum when Colorado became the first state to impose a regulatory requirement that utilities use it in resource planning.
But that momentum was lost when a presidential executive order disbanded the working group in March. President Donald Trump’s order also specified that the social cost of carbon is no longer governmental policy, wrote RFF Fellow Casey J. Wichman. Its rollbacks and guidance 'indicate that the Trump administration is disengaging from scientific questions related to the benefits of emissions reductions.""
