The Lewis County Public Utility District (PUD) Board of Commissioners has adopted a resolution supporting the repeal of Washington’s Climate Commitment Act (CCA) this November.
According to a resolution adopted during the Aug. 20 meeting, the CCA “will result in additional District power management costs due to market pricing of Carbon Allowances, raising overall costs of market power to the District.”
“Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the Commission of Public Utility District No. 1 of Lewis County hereby declares its support to Initiative 2117, to repeal the Carbon Tax Credit Trading,” the initiative reads.
Initiative 2117 is among four initiatives Washington voters will have the opportunity to vote on during the general election. If passed, the initiative would “prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of carbon tax credit trading, and repeal legislation establishing a cap and invest program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
According to an explanatory statement prepared by the Washington state Attorney General’s Office, the CCA’s cap-and-invest program aims to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions. Washington State has set a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and by 95% by 2050.