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Utah's Greenhouse Gas Goal

DEQ is hosting a meeting of the Utah Climate Technical Team tomorrow
(Friday, April 25) from 9am to Noon (MDT) at the Utah Department of
Environmental Quality, Building 2, Room 201 (168 North 1950 West, Salt
Lake City).

The purpose of this meeting is to provide a status report on research being conducted by the Duke University Nicholas Institute on greenhouse gas mitigation policy options for Utah.

A call-in option is available for those of you who are unable to attend in person. To participate by phone, please use the following call-in information:

  1. Dial access number: 1-866-633-3380
  2. Dial room number: *4091750* (please include both *s)
 

Development of a Utah-specific GHG Reduction Goal
(Presented at November 13, 2007 Briefing)

Charge: Establish a Utah-specific Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal by May, 2008

Steps:

  1. Use a “bottom up” approach to analyze options in the BRAC report.
    • Policy analysis will look at Utah-specific costs, benefits, etc.
      • Work is being done by an independent, impartial team of experts with experience in policy, economics and environmental analysis
      • Team has national experience in similar projects and is also Utah “savvy”
    • Stakeholder participation will continue
      • Assist with Utah-specific input parameters, conditions, and policy descriptions
      • Assist by providing “ground truth” perspective to the analytical results
  2. “Layer” policies according to benefits, costs, and timeframes.
  3. Create specific or range of GHG reduction goals for a future time horizon(s).
  4. Provide recommendation to Governor Huntsman by May, 2008

Tentative Time Schedule:

November/December 2007: Develop analytical plan and option parameterization

January-March, 2008: Perform Analysis

March 2008:  Initial stakeholder analytical reviews

April-May, 2008:  Continue Analysis and feedback

Mid-May, 2008:  Provide major findings on options

June, 2008: Continue analysis for policy implementation support

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