RGGI Inc. + member state agencies (NY DEC, MA, ME, VT, NH, CT, RI, NJ, MD, DE, VA, PA)
Why this recipient benefits: RGGI adopting per-tonne evidentiary disclosure for CO2 offset allowances (where applicable) sets a Northeast-state standard that informs federal VCM guidance. Singh's fresh tenure offers an opportunity to establish the standard cleanly.
Why now: RGGI 2030 cap review.
The ask: RGGI Inc. staff briefing. Offset-allowance protocol analysis; multi-state implementation roadmap.
Adopt per-tonne evidentiary disclosure for CO2 allowance program offset allowances where applicable.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a compliance market where regulator decisions on evidentiary requirements carry the force of law. Property-based per-tonne disclosure is the regulatory-design approach that preserves technology neutrality, minimises compliance burden, and raises the evidentiary floor. The argument is the same in every compliance market: regulators should prescribe properties, not technologies.