New Jersey Statutes 26:2C-59. 20-year time horizon for calculating global warming potential to measure global warming impact of greenhouse gases
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 26:2C-59
- State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
b. Whenever relevant to assessing global warming impacts, the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency shall use the most recent version of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Assessment Report, or a substantially similar, more recent report that addresses global warming impacts at a comparably rigorous level.
c. Whenever the Department of Environmental Protection, the Board of Public Utilities, or any other State agency performs a socio-economic impact analysis pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1968, c.410 (C. 52:14B-4), and that analysis involves the socio-economic impact of global warming, the agency shall use the lowest discount rates that are consistent with federal guidelines, including the federal Office of Management and Budget Circular A-94, or successor guidance.
L.2019, c.319, s.1.