The Chamber

The Chamber supports the achievement of greenhouse gas reduction goals through conservation, public education, economic incentives and study of market-based mechanisms. Although it is our strong preference for a national approach to regulating emissions, the Chambers in principle support legislative actions that:

• Encourage investment in energy conservation
• Encourage development and use of renewable energy while grantingutilities significant flexibility towards achieving goals
• Create standard protocols to ensure consistent, accurate and verifiablereporting of greenhouse gases
• Produces real and quantifiable carbon emission reductions (includingoffsets)
• Give credit for early actions taken to voluntarily reduce carbon emissions
• Promote new technologies and jobs that address greenhouse gas reduction
• Require full participation by all sectors in carbon emission reductiongoals based on 1990 baseline emissions and does not unduly burden business and power generation sectors
• Are affordable and do not economically disadvantage Washington businesses regionally and globally