Sec. 1. 38 MRSA §579 is enacted to read:

§579.__Rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

When adopting rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the department shall issue an estimate, calculated using sound scientific information and methods, of:

1.__Reduction in global warming.__The amount of global warming that will be prevented by the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions; and

2.__Costs.__The costs associated with the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, including the impact on the prices of gasoline, diesel fuel, electricity, heating oil and propane.

SUMMARY

This bill requires that, when the Department of Environmental Protection adopts rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the department must issue an estimate of the amount of global warming that will be prevented and the costs that will result from the rules requiring reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.