TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

Material submitted through the TCI Public Input form from April 2019-February 2021 is viewable here. View input submitted from March 1, 2021 forward here. All material submitted on this page informed the participating jurisdictions in the 2019-2020 TCI regional policy design process. Click on the column headings to sort the submissions.

Date	First	Last	Affiliation	City	State	Input	File
3/3/2020	Janie	Martinez	Ms.	Cypress	Texas	I have lived in Harris county, TX for more than 40 years. Highway keep getting more lanes and traffic continues to be a nightmare. someone must come up with a plan to move more people around... read more I have lived in Harris county, TX for more than 40 years. Highway keep getting more lanes and traffic continues to be a nightmare. someone must come up with a plan to move more people around without for cars and traffic congestion.	-
9/30/2020	Dayne	Delahoussaye	Neste	Houston	Texas	Please see attached letter. Please see attached letter.	2020-09-30 TCI Workshop Comments - Neste.pdf
10/14/2020	James	Talbot	Neverland Designs	Austin	Texas	I support a strong TCI program that provides a minimum increase of 35% of investment in underserved communities, at least a 25% cap on carbon emissions by '32 if not sooner, and a strong... read more I support a strong TCI program that provides a minimum increase of 35% of investment in underserved communities, at least a 25% cap on carbon emissions by '32 if not sooner, and a strong investment in infrastructure for walking, bicycles, and public transit.	-
10/14/2020	Julie	Sears	Clean Air Council	Richardson	Texas	I am making the following requests: A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 An increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%)... read more I am making the following requests: A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 An increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%) Request that investments be put towards active transportation like better sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, and high quality public transit	-
10/14/2020	Ari	Meyer	Clean Air Council	Austin	Texas	To whom it may concern: For the TCI program, please institute the following: 1. A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 2. An increase in the minimum... read more To whom it may concern: For the TCI program, please institute the following: 1. A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 2. An increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%) 3. Request that investments be put towards active transportation like better sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, and high quality public transit Thank you, Ari Meyer	-
2/27/2020	Teresa	Iovino	civilian	Germantown	Tennessee	We can't survive without clean water, land and air. We must protect our resources at all costs. read more We can't survive without clean water, land and air. We must protect our resources at all costs.	-
11/4/2019	Brett	Barry	Clean Energy	Charleston	South Carolina		CE Comments on TCI Draft Proposal.pdf
11/5/2019	Eric	McCarthy	Proterra Inc	Greenville	South Carolina	Please see attachment. Please see attachment.	Proterra TCI Comments.pdf
1/11/2020	frank	delfino	former resident of Massachusetts	Conway	South Carolina	Moved out of Massachusetts in 2014, after having been born, raised and educated in the Bay State. It is disheartening to see the constant money grab by this governor, aided and abetted by a... read more Moved out of Massachusetts in 2014, after having been born, raised and educated in the Bay State. It is disheartening to see the constant money grab by this governor, aided and abetted by a Legislature who seems to care not a whit for the working people of Mass. This money grab of TCI is nothing more than financial insurance to keep the cadre of overpaid state politicos in place. It is only when you finally move away and look at Mass. from afar that you realize that your state government has been systematically breaking the working classes, and ALL classes with the constant siphoning of money to keep the politically connected in place. IT HAS TO END !! Governor Baker originally ran on a fiscally conservative platform but `has turned into a tax happy politician. Governor....YOUR CITIZENS CANNOT PAY ANYMORE !! So glad I moved to South , as I just could not afford to stay in Massachusetts !! KILL THE TCI !!	-
2/28/2020	Brett	Barry	Clean Energy	Charleston	South Carolina	Thank you for the opportunity to provide the attached comments. Regards, Brett Barry Thank you for the opportunity to provide the attached comments. Regards, Brett Barry	TCI Draft MOU Comments 2-28-20.pdf
10/14/2020	Kathy	Bradley	citizen	Lugoff	South Carolina	The plan should include: * A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 * An increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%)... read more The plan should include: * A cap on carbon emissions of at least 25% by 2032 * An increase in the minimum investment in overburdened and underserved communities (>35%) * Investments put towards active transportation like better sidewalks, bicycle infrastructure, and high quality public transit. According to a recently released study by Harvard and other institutions, if the program is designed appropriately, up to 1100 lives can be saved annually, and the region could see $11 billion in health benefits each year.	-
5/27/2019	MJ	Sorrentino	Citizens Climate Lobby Rhode Island	Providence	Rhode Island	Thank you for working on this important issue of reducing carbon dioxide equivalent and other pollution from the transportation section. I hope that the policy will have a pollution price high... read more Thank you for working on this important issue of reducing carbon dioxide equivalent and other pollution from the transportation section. I hope that the policy will have a pollution price high enough to effectively reduce the emissions needed according to the latest science --- that is, 50% reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050. Please ensure that this policy has a strong component of social equity and doesn't hurt rural or low/moderate income people and those same populations have equal access to transport and EVs as anyone else. I am appreciative that this can be a model for the rest of the country if done correctly. Moreover, it can show bipartisan support for strong action on climate pollutants and can usher the changes in the transportation sector that is so urgently needed. For further information on what states can do, please visit Legal Pathways to Deep Decarbonization by Michael Gerrard and John Dernbach, editors: https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blog/deep_decarb_summary_booklet_online.pdf	-
5/28/2019	Liz	Robberson	Ms.	Portsmouth	Rhode Island	My name is Liz Robberson, I live in Portsmouth, RI, I am an educator, mother and concerned citizen of our climate. I am requesting that the policy have a price high enough to effectively... read more My name is Liz Robberson, I live in Portsmouth, RI, I am an educator, mother and concerned citizen of our climate. I am requesting that the policy have a price high enough to effectively reduce emissions according to the latest science. Also that the policy have a strong component of social equity and doesn't hurt rural or low/moderate income people. Thank you for the bipartisan nature of this project.	-
10/2/2019	james	celenza	ricosh	providence	Rhode Island		TCI Reference Case Assumptions Webinar.doc
10/15/2019	Blake	Banky	Newport Biodiesel	Newport	Rhode Island	California's LCFS program has met with tremendous success. Our region's proposed TCI program is inferior in design to that of the LCFS program in that ours requires a central... read more California's LCFS program has met with tremendous success. Our region's proposed TCI program is inferior in design to that of the LCFS program in that ours requires a central organization to allocate collected funds for investment. This aspect of the program will undoubtedly become contentious and likely achieve sub-optimal results. If our region is going to go through the difficult undertaking of a coordinated GHG reduction program, let's merely copy the proven model from California!	-
12/15/2019	A	G	Independent	Kingston	Rhode Island	B''H The electricity program has supposedly failed. This gas tax would be regressive and likely hurt businesses and lower income people the most, while not achieving its... read more B''H The electricity program has supposedly failed. This gas tax would be regressive and likely hurt businesses and lower income people the most, while not achieving its stated goals. RI already has very high taxes and cost of living. The focus should instead be on better Public Transportation and giving residents money for Green technology and energy. This should not be done through Executive Action.	-
12/17/2019	J. Timmons	Roberts	Brown University (for identification only)	Providence	Rhode Island	The study showed the benefits for the state economies, jobs, and asthma rates, etc. of the cap and invest program proposed. However I was shocked at how the proposal from this whole effort would... read more The study showed the benefits for the state economies, jobs, and asthma rates, etc. of the cap and invest program proposed. However I was shocked at how the proposal from this whole effort would only result in 1-6% emissions reductions from the baseline case. This is simply not at the scale of the problem we face. Incrementalist approaches are no longer an option--we have to get transportation emissions down in the decade of 2032 by as close to 100% as possible. Our study showed how that could be done in one TCI state, Rhode Island. See: https://www.sei.org/publications/deeper-decarbonization-in-the-ocean-state/. My concern is that this initiative will create the perception that something is being done about climate change, when this is utterly, utterly, inadequate. Thank you.	-
12/18/2019	Al	Monday	Independent	Cranston	Rhode Island	The TCI TAX. Will be the straw that finally breaks the financial back Of many retirees in Rhode Island. Thus increasing the mass exitus Of not only taxpaying people but tax paying... read more The TCI TAX. Will be the straw that finally breaks the financial back Of many retirees in Rhode Island. Thus increasing the mass exitus Of not only taxpaying people but tax paying businesses. Our legislature should not be bypassed, the people should have a say on any and all new taxes. I do not support the TCI initiative.	-
12/19/2019	Michael	Carew	Independent	West Kingston	Rhode Island	Adding any additional tax burden to Rhode Islanders is a terrible idea. We already have some of the highest taxes in the nation and yet the state is a fiscally run nightmare. This is nothing but a... read more Adding any additional tax burden to Rhode Islanders is a terrible idea. We already have some of the highest taxes in the nation and yet the state is a fiscally run nightmare. This is nothing but a taxpayer funded money grab in the name of climate change only.	-
12/19/2019	David	Boyd	Brown University staff member	Providence	Rhode Island	I support the TCI as a way to take an external cost (the cost hydrocarbon combustion places on the environment) and internalize it back on those supplying and consuming the hydrocarbons for... read more I support the TCI as a way to take an external cost (the cost hydrocarbon combustion places on the environment) and internalize it back on those supplying and consuming the hydrocarbons for transportation. If the taxes can then be invested in public transportation that does not rely on carbon fuels, and serves those who are currently relying on private automobiles, focusing on currently underserved populations, then I believe the TCI will be a success.	-

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