SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE, Nos. 611 and 874

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  JANUARY 22, 2018

      The Senate Environment and Energy Committee favorably reports a committee substitute for Senate Bill Nos. 611 and 874.

      This committee substitute clarifies the intent of P.L.2007, c.340 (C.26:2C-45 et al.) and specifically requires the State’s full participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). 

      The committee substitute would allow a Governor to withdraw the State from participation in RGGI if:  (1) the Governor determines that it is not in the best interests of the State to continue to participate, and sends written notice to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the General Assembly, and the chairpersons of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee and the Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee, or their successors, of that determination and the reasons therefor, and (2) the Legislature adopts a concurrent resolution stating, in substance, that the Legislature concurs with the determination of the Governor.