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the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission and other
important stakeholders, to determine whether and how to
regulate or impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions.
(2) The General Assembly recognizes that no statute,
including the act of January 8, 1960 (1959 P.L.2119, No.787),
known as the Air Pollution Control Act, the act of February
17, 1972 (P.L.64, No.20), known as the Uniform Interstate Air
Pollution Agreements Act, the act of July 9, 2008 (P.L.935,
No.70), known as the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act or the
Pennsylvania Constitution, authorizes the Governor, the
Environmental Quality Board, the Department of Environmental
Protection or any other agency or official to adopt
regulations, implement a policy or take any other action to
authorize the Commonwealth to join or participate in a State
or regional greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program or establish
a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program.
(3) Affordable, reliable and resilient sources of
electric power generated in Pennsylvania are vital to the
health, safety and welfare of this Commonwealth's residents
and to the prosperity of its economy.
(4) The premature deactivation or retirement of coal-
fired and coal refuse electric generation units in
Pennsylvania as a direct result of State action will result
in significant direct economic hardship to the communities in
which they operate and will adversely affect this
Commonwealth's economy, environment and electric reliability
and the general health, safety and welfare of its residents,
businesses and industries.
(5) Given that Pennsylvania is one of the top net
exporters of electricity and the third largest coal-producing
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