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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST REGULAR SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 495H.P. 324House of Representatives, February 11, 2025
An Act to Require Rules Designed to Reduce Climate Change to
Include Estimates of the Reduction in Adverse Climate Effects and
of the Cost to Consumers
Received by the Clerk of the House on February 6, 2025. Referred to the Committee on
Environment and Natural Resources pursuant to Joint Rule 308.2 and ordered printed pursuant
to Joint Rule 401.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative FAULKINGHAM of Winter Harbor.
Cosponsored by Senator HARRINGTON of York and
Representatives: CAMPBELL of Orrington, DUCHARME of Madison, FOSTER of Dexter,
MCINTYRE of Lowell, PARRY of Arundel, PAUL of Winterport, SMITH of Palermo,
WADSWORTH of Hiram. Page 1 - 132LR0311(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 When adopting rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the department
5 shall issue an estimate, calculated using sound scientific information and methods, of:
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7 climate that will be prevented by the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; and
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9 including the impact on the prices of gasoline, diesel fuel, electricity, heating oil and
10 propane.
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12 This bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection, when adopting rules
13 designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to issue an estimate of the level of adverse
14 effects on the climate that will be prevented by the reduction in emissions and the costs
15 associated with the reduction in emissions that will be borne by consumers.
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