RGGI Carbon Tax Super High, Latest Auction Averaged $13.45/Ton

The so-called Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from coal and natural gas-fired power plants aimed at killing off those two sources of energy, held its latest tax auction on Friday. The result was pricing close to an all-time high, although the average price came down just a smidgen from the previous auction. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf is trying to force PA to join the RGGI cabal of 11 states (most of them in the northeast), a move endorsed by the man who wants to replace him in November, PA Attorney General Josh Shapiro (see PA AG Shapiro Signs Off on RGGI Carbon Tax…After Criticizing It). In the most recent RGGI “auction” of so-called carbon allowances, bidders paid an average of $13.45 per allowance–per short ton of CO2 emitted. That's down from (but still close to) the previous all-time high of $13.90.

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