The Cost of Climate Pollution

Colorado Steel and Cement Producers Are Required to Use SC-GHG for Cost-Effectiveness

FColorado Manufacturing/Industrial May 2022

• Application

  In October 2021, the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission passed a new regulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Management for Manufacturers In Colorado (GEMM). Steel and cement manufacturers complying with GEMM are required to utilize the SC-GHG as the cost-effectiveness threshold for reduction measures being proposed as part of the GEMM rule’s audit requirements. 1

• Date

  May 2022

• SCC Value(s)

  No lower than 2016 IWG SC-GHG at 2.5% discount rate

• Reference

  5 Colo. Code of Regs. 1001-26.II.C.3

• Legal Authority

  HB 19-1261 and SB 2019-096 creating Colo. Rev. Stat. Sec. 25-7-140.

1. 5 Colo. Code of Regs. 1001-26.II.C.3 ↩︎

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