The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Air Quality (DAQ) will conduct a public workshop on draft amendments to 7 DE Admin. Code 1147 – CO₂ Budget Trading Program.

The workshop will be held on Thursday, April 30, 2026, beginning at 6:00 pm at 100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A Dover, DE 19904 publicmeetings.delaware.gov/#/meeting/85192

The purpose of this workshop is to inform the public about proposed changes to Delaware’s “CO₂ Budget Trading Program”. Since 2009, Delaware and nine other states have implemented a regional program to reduce CO₂ emissions; known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). In 2025, Delaware and other participating states finalized revisions to the RGGI program. The purpose of this action is to amend 7 DE Admin. Code 1147 to reflect these revisions. The proposed amendments to 1147 will include an adjustment in Delaware’s portion of the regional cap beginning in 2027-2037; replacing Emissions Containment Reserve with increased minimum reserve price; amending the quantity of allowances in the Cost Containment Reserve; adding an additional Cost Containment Reserve; updating the regional base CO₂ allowance amount; removing Offsets from RGGI design beginning in 2027 and other minor program adjustments.

The draft regulatory language will be made available for public review at the Department’s offices at 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, DE and 100 West Water Street, Suite 6A, Dover, DE. The draft language and other documents of interest will also be available for review on the Department’s website at dnrec.delaware.gov/air/greenhouse-gas/. For additional information or for an appointment to review the amendments, please contact: Valerie Gray at (302) 739-9402 or at valerie.gray@delwaware.gov.

Statements and testimony may be presented either orally or in writing at the public workshop. If you cannot attend or wish to submit your comments in advance of the public workshop, please submit comments in writing to Yagna Shah at yagna.shah@delaware.gov or via USPS to the Division of Air Quality, 100 West Water Street, Suite 6A, Dover, DE 19904. The Department will accept written comments postmarked (or emailed) no later than Friday, May 15, 2026.

Division of Air Quality
State Street Commons
100 W. Water Street, Suite 6A
Dover, DE 19904
(302) 739-9402

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