Cap Without Trade: A Proposal for Resolving the Emissions Trading Problem Under CAA §111

July 2013
Citation:
43
ELR 10555
Issue
7
Author
David M. Driesen

A “cap-without-trade program” to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under §111 of the CAA — a program that applies a mass-based cap to each regulated source — provides compliance flexibility, making it feasible to rely on end-use energy efficiency as a compliance technique, without running the legal risks involved in trying to graft an emissions trading program on the technology-based structure written into §111. These risks are substantial but vary with the scope of the trading program. A “cap-without-trade” approach also provides pollution sources with continuing incentives to favor comprehensive legislation addressing climate disruption and may facilitate a negotiated solution to §111 controversies.

David M. Driesen is University Professor, Syracuse University.

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