RGGI investment benefits U.S. 2017

Around 438,100 short tons of carbon dioxide emissions were avoided due to investments from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) in the United States in 2017, which counted about 294,800 participating households and 3,331 participating businesses as of that year.

Select benefits from the investments of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the United States in 2017

Characteristic	Characteristic
Number of participating households*	294,787
Number of participating businesses	3,331
CO2 emissions avoided (in short tons)	438,099
Cars off road (in equivalent number)	84,381
Electricity savings (in megawatt hours)	699,019
Energy savings (in million British thermal units)	1,424,199
Energy bill savings (in million U.S. dollars)	128.7

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October 2019

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United States

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2017

Supplementary notes

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a market based program within 9 states in the United States: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

* Includes participants in all programs other than direct bill assistance.

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