On July 17, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission voted to update the rules around credit-trading markets for its nationally precedent-setting program to reduce emissions from the state’s largest manufacturers. And this week on “Colorado Chamber Office Hours,” I explain why the discussions leading to this were so important.
Joining me to do this is John Jacus, a partner at Davis Graham and energy-law law expert who took part in the recent hearing. Jacus discusses what happened at the rulemaking hearing, what was proposed but didn’t happen and why all of this has an impact far beyond the 21 manufacturing firms that are part of Colorado’s GEMM (Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Management for Manufacturing) program.
The episode seeks not only to explain a critical rulemaking hearing but to lift the curtain on the workings of a appointed commission that holds huge sway over implementing the broad swath of air-quality laws that legislators have been busy passing over the past decade.
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