TCI Regional Policy Design Stakeholder Submissions

I am opposed to the proposal because it would unfairly burden consumers and businesses in Pennsylvania who already pay the highest gasoline taxes in the country

as a owner of new emission truck that has already cost me 25000.00 dollar in repairs in the first 65000 miles the regulation is just going to increase my cost that i will pass along to the end user of my product .

I strongly oppose the proposed plan of cap and trade in Pennsylvania. This is an unfair burden to Pennsylvania taxpayers and businesses especially since we already pay a substantially larger amount of fuel taxes over other surrounding states.

Don't involve Maine in the TCI; gasoline and diesel are already quite heavily taxed here (over $0.30/gallon of gasoline, not including the $0.184/gallon federal tax). Some estimates suggest that TCI would add another $0.20/gallon to the cost of gasoline; $3 per fill up! Don't do it.

Don't let people outside Maine decide how much we get taxed. These kinds of invasive decisions should be left to the people in congress that we can hold accountable with our votes.

Maine ranks 33rd in median household income. Maines largest cities have 70,000, 40,000, and 35,000 people. Our "urban centers" are not comparable to urban centers in MA, CT, NY, etc. High paying professional jobs are far and few between around Maine. Don't make it even worse by making it harder to do business or afford to live here.

No more taxes. No more fees. No more assessments. No more fines for being alive.

To Whom It May Concern,

I am opposed to this proposal because it would unfairly burden consumers and businesses in Pennsylvania who already pay the highest gasoline taxes in the country.

Thank You,

Quincy Longacre

This is nothing but a new tax disguised in an attempt to defraud the people of our states. My state, Maine is a rural state without a practical public transportation system outside of the urban centers. The necessary fuel price increases under this scheme will be an extreme hardship for our rural poor. It will also harm agricultural, marine, transportation and manufacturing interests, making Maine an even less attractive place to create jobs.

The elderly have already been punished by this governor when she denied funding to Maine’s nursing homes. The youth, poor and elerly will suffer greatly with a gasoline tax, not those who can afford it, which only occupy the southern quarter of the state. Many travel over 30 miles to get prescriptions or groceries. Perhaps if we had 150 million savings in the bank still we could earmark some for energy, but Maine is a poor state with older Mainers making up the largest amount of the population. Maine is also the cleanest state, so this is a burden Mainers can't support over their own housing, food, heating fuel and medication. The governors’ total disregard for Mainers welfare and finances is alarming. We can't afford to be California, and neither can California.

Engine manufactures continue to refine and improve the entire fuel system to meet the US EPA air quality mandates set forth for particulate and greenhouse gases emissions. These improvements include technologies in both gasoline and diesel vehicles engines.

I am not opposed to electric vehicles as a matter of an individuals choice of options for transportation. However, I am opposed to subsidizing only electric vehicles at the expense of other fuel efficient modes of transportation.

Bio Fuels must play an important role in reducing the carbon foot print of gasoline and diesel to further reduce both NOX and particulate matter. Bio Fuels are readily available in the supply chain today while the electric vehicle charging stations are far from being available.

If a tax is charged on gasoline and diesel, an equal amount of the monies collected must be proportionally allocated to electric, gasoline, diesel, and renewable energy sources.

Thank You

Mark Smith