(Montana – MFP) The Montana Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to reopen comment on a petition that seeks to integrate climate impacts into the commission’s regulatory work.
Following the commission’s 4-1 vote, the public will have until July 1st to weigh in on the petition, which asks regulators to adopt a framework for considering climate impacts in its oversight of monopoly power companies.
At the recommendation of agency staff, commissioners will also take a closer look at the mechanics of implementing the social costs of greenhouse gas emissions, a framework used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to measure “the net social benefits” of reducing emissions, as well as the cost of letting them rise.
This article was excerpted from the Montana Free Press.
