This RGGI States page provides select links to the RGGI Inc. website, including to key information about RGGI auction results (allowances and dollar proceeds) for each state, how each state is investing these proceeds, carbon emission data (total and by state) and the state statutes & regulations for each state RGGI program. Links are also provided for each state’s RGGI governing laws, and their media and program contacts. This and other important information regarding RGGI performance, annual RGGI Proceeds reports and formal Program Reviews is routinely updated on the official RGGI Inc. website. 

Note:  The RGGI auction dollar proceeds (RGGI and state totals) listed on each state page below are updated quarterly after each auction.

Currently RGGI states include Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia. 

The RGGI states hold a centralized quarterly, regional auctions of carbon allowances, with each state investing its share of auction proceeds into many diverse state clean energy, consumer benefit and other programs.

While the RGGI states voluntarily participate in the common carbon cap and auction platform, state choice is a key feature of the RGGI model.  Each state decides how to invest auction proceeds based on its own strategic priorities and circumstances.

A majority of auction proceeds are invested by the RGGI states into energy efficiency (EE) and clean energy programs, with EE providing the most significant economic return per dollar invested. Proceeds are also invested in GHG abatement, direct bill assistance, green job training, climate resilience and administration. (Analysis Group, 2018)   

Learn more about each state – from its energy and carbon profile to how it has invested its RGGI dollars.  The profiles below provide critical data points regarding RGGI performance and its impact on state economy and environment, drawing data from these important resources:

• RGGI, Inc. is the official website of the RGGI states for the RGGI auction program

• The Georgetown Climate Center’s State Energy Analysis Tool provides key data on the RGGI states’ electricity profile, renewable energy growth and carbon reductions. This interactive online tool of publicly available reported energy data is an early, successful initiative of the RGGI Project Series, hosted by Georgetown since 2014. The Tool allows users to compare state-level data for all 50 states, assess benefits of capping emissions and tracking potential economic and other impacts. As RGGI nears its 10th anniversary this fall (2018), the Tool has been expanded to include the transportation sector.

• The RGGI CO2 Allowance Tracking System (RGGI COATS) is RGGI, Inc.’s platform for recording and tracking each state's CO2 Budget Trading Program.

The RGGI States

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Contact

RGGI INC.:
Cooper Tamayo
cooper.tamayo@rggi.org
(212) 417-7329

MEDIA:
Nikki Lavoie nikki.lavoie@delaware.gov
(302) 739-9031

PROGRAM:
Valerie Gray
valerie.gray@state.de.us
(302) 739-9402

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RGGI INC.:
Cooper Tamayo
cooper.tamayo@rggi.org
(212) 417-7329

MEDIA:
Jay Apperson jay.apperson@maryland.gov
(410) 537-3012

PROGRAM:
Luke Wisniewski luke.wisniewski@maryland.gov
(410) 537-4231

* Amount does not include “fixed price sales” for CT and MD.  See RGGI Inc. for these sales amounts

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RGGI INC.:
Cooper Tamayo  
cooper.tamayo@rggi.org
(212) 417-7329

PROGRAM:
Jim Martin james.martin@des.nh.gov
(603) 271-3710

MEDIA:
Joseph Fontaine joseph.fontaine@des.nh.gov
(603) 271-6794

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RGGI INC.:
Cooper Tamayo
cooper.tamayo@rggi.org
(212) 417-7329

MEDIA:
Michael Healey
michael.healey@dem.ri.gov (401) 222-4700 x277-7273
 

PROGRAM:
Dena Gonsalves dena.gonsalves@dem.ri.gov
(401)222-2808 x7017

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