On February 15, 2005, the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change submitted the Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan 2005 to the General Assembly, fulfilling the requirements of PA 04-252. The goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2010 and an additional 10% below that by the year 2020.

Connecticut Climate Change Action Plan, 2005

Related Documents:

• Governor’s Steering Committee Final Action Plan Transmittal Letter
• Complete text of public comments submitted to Governor’s Steering Committee from November – December 15, 2004 on CT Climate Change Action Plan (Draft)
• Presentation by Governor’s Steering Committee on CT Climate Change Action Plan (Draft) at the Joint Legislative Committee hearing, January 19, 2005.
• Transcript of January 28, 2005 Environment Committee Hearing on CT Climate Change Action Plan 2005 (Draft)

The Plan includes the following 55 actions:

Transportation and Land Use Sector:
1: California Low Emission Vehicle Standards (LEV II)
2: Greenhouse gas feebate program
3: Fleet vehicle incentives and initiatives
4: Tailpipe greenhouse gas standards
5: Public education initiative on low greenhouse gas vehicles
6: Hydrogen infrastructure research and demonstration program
7: Transit, smart growth, and vehicles miles traveled reduction package
8: Multi state inter modal freight initiative
9: Clean diesel and black carbon

Residential, Commercial, Industrial Sector:
10: Appliance standards
11: Appliance-swapping program
12: Heat pump water heater replacement program
13: Bulk purchasing of appliances
14: Upgrade residential and commercial building energy codes
15: Promote energy efficiency and energy improvement mortgages
16: Revise Energy Conservation Loan Program
17: Weatherization Assistance Program
18: Energy Star Homes Program
19: High-performance buildings: schools and other state-funded buildings
20: High-performance buildings: privately funded project
21: Shared savings program for government agencies
22: Training of building operators
23: Green campus initiative
24: Energy benchmarking, measurement, and tracking program for municipal buildings
25: Pilot fuel-switching projects
26: Remove barriers to third-party load management techniques
27: State procurement of environmentally preferable services and products
28: Review of New England Regional Demand Response Initiative recommendations
29: Promote voluntary programs and actions
30: Encourage clean combined heat and power
31: Restore conservation and load management fund
32: Create heating oil conservation fund
33: Create natural gas conservation fund
34: Identify measures to reduce high global warming potential gases

Agriculture, Forestry, Waste Sector:
35: Install centralized manure digesters
36: Reduce non farm fertilizer use
37: Buy local produce
38: Forest management and forest carbon offsets
39: Urban tree planting program
40: Forest and agricultural land preservation
41: Promote use of durable wood products over other construction materials
42: Support economically viable landfill gas-to-energy projects
43: Increase recycling, source reduction to 40%
44: Voluntary carbon offset program

Electricity Generation Sector:
45: Renewable energy strategy
46: Renewable portfolio standard
47:Government green power purchase
48: Production tax credit
49: Clean energy choice (green power option)
50: Renewable energy certificates (green tags)
51: Restore Clean Energy Fund
52: Energy efficiency and combined heat and power
53: Regional cap and trade program
55: Emissions inventory and registry

Education Sector:
54: Public education initiative