SB81,7,12 (d) Ensure rigorous and consistent accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and provide for reporting tools and formats that ensure collection of necessary data.

SB81,7,14 (e) Ensure that significant sources maintain comprehensive records of all reported greenhouse gas emissions.

SB81,7,15 (3) Review required. The department shall do all of the following:

SB81,7,17 (a) Periodically review the requirements in rules promulgated under sub. (1) and update the rules as necessary.

SB81,7,21 (b) Review existing and proposed international, federal, and state greenhouse gas emission reporting programs and make reasonable efforts to promote consistency among the program established under this section and other programs and to streamline reporting requirements on greenhouse gas emission sources.

SB81,7,23 286.09 Statewide greenhouse gas emission limit. (1) No later than January 1, 2009, the department shall do all of the following:

SB81,8,3 (a) Conduct one or more meetings, with public notice and an opportunity for all interested persons to comment, to assist it in determining what the level of statewide greenhouse gas emissions was in 1990.

SB81,8,6 (b) To ensure the most accurate determination feasible under par. (c), evaluate the best available scientific, technological, and economic information on greenhouse gas emissions.

SB81,8,9 (c) At a public meeting determine, based on the information obtained under pars. (a) and (b), what the level of statewide greenhouse gas emissions was in 1990 and approve an emission limit to be achieved by 2020 that is equivalent to that level.

SB81,8,14 (2) (a) If the department authorizes the use of carbon sequestration projects under this chapter, the department shall treat carbon removed from the atmosphere through an authorized carbon sequestration project as an equivalent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in determining compliance with the statewide emission limit.

SB81,8,20 (b) If the department authorizes the use of a market-based compliance mechanism under this chapter that results in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions outside this state, the department shall treat a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions outside this state resulting from the authorized market-based compliance mechanism as though the reduction occurred in this state in determining compliance with the statewide emission limit.

SB81,8,22 (3) The statewide emission limit approved under sub. (1) (c) remains in effect after 2020.

SB81,8,25 (4) The department shall make recommendations to the legislature, under s. 13.172 (2), and to the governor on how to continue reductions in greenhouse gas emissions beyond 2020.

SB81,9,8 286.15 Greenhouse gas emissions; early action measures. (1) On or before June 30, 2008, the department shall publish and make available to the public a list of emission reduction measures that can be implemented before the measures and limits adopted under s. 286.23. The department shall identify emission reduction measures that will achieve the maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from significant sources or categories of significant sources that is technologically feasible and cost-effective, in furtherance of achieving the statewide emission limit.

SB81,9,10 (2) The department shall promulgate rules, to take effect no later than January 1, 2011, to implement the measures identified under sub. (1).

SB81,9,23 286.20 Greenhouse gas emission reduction plan. (1) Plan. The department shall prepare and, no later than January 1, 2010, approve a plan for achieving the maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from significant sources or categories of significant sources by 2020 that is technologically feasible and cost-effective. In preparing the plan, the department shall consult with all state agencies with jurisdiction over greenhouse gas emission sources. The department shall consult with the public service commission on the elements of the plan that pertain to energy-related matters, including the generation of electricity, any standards or requirements that are based on the amount of electricity that an electric provider sells to retail customers or members, the provision of reliable and affordable electrical service, petroleum refining, and statewide fuel supplies to ensure that the greenhouse gas emission reduction activities in the plan are complementary and not duplicative and can be implemented in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

SB81,9,25 (2) Contents. In the plan, the department shall identify and make recommendations concerning any direct emission reduction actions, alternative compliance mechanisms, market-based compliance mechanisms, and monetary and nonmonetary incentives for significant sources and categories of significant sources that the department determines are necessary or desirable to facilitate achievement by 2020 of the maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is technologically feasible and cost-effective.

SB81,10,7 (3) Preparation. In preparing the plan under this section, the department shall do all of the following:

SB81,10,10 (a) Consider relevant information relating to greenhouse gas emission reduction programs of local governmental units, other states, and other countries, including the northeastern states, Canada, and the European Union.

SB81,10,14 (b) Evaluate the total potential costs and economic and noneconomic benefits of the plan to this state's economy, environment, and public health, using the best available economic models, techniques for estimating greenhouse gas emissions, and other scientific methods.

SB81,10,19 (c) Take into account the relative contribution of each greenhouse gas emission source or category of greenhouse gas emission sources to statewide greenhouse gas emissions and the potential for adverse effects on small businesses and recommend a threshold of greenhouse gas emissions below which requirements for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions will not apply.

SB81,10,22 (d) Identify opportunities for emission reduction measures from voluntary actions that can be verified and made enforceable, including carbon sequestration projects and best management practices.

SB81,11,2 (4) Public meetings. The department shall conduct a series of public meetings to give interested persons an opportunity to comment on the plan under this section. The board shall conduct some of the public meetings in areas of the state that have the most significant exposure to air pollutants, including communities with minority populations and communities with low-income populations.

SB81,11,4 (5) Updates. The department shall update the plan under this section at least once every 5 years.

SB81,11,9 286.23 Emission limits and reduction measures. (1) Rules. The department shall promulgate rules, to take effect no later than January 1, 2013, containing greenhouse gas emission limits and emission reduction measures to achieve the maximum reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that is technologically feasible and cost-effective, in furtherance of achieving the statewide emission limit.

SB81,11,11 (2) Requirements concerning rule promulgation. In promulgating rules under this section, the department shall to the extent feasible do all of the following:

SB81,11,14 (a) Design the rules, including any distribution of allowances, in a manner that is equitable, seeks to minimize costs and maximize total benefits in this state, and encourages early action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

SB81,11,16 (b) Ensure that activities undertaken to comply with the rules will not have a disproportionate impact on communities with low-income populations.

SB81,11,18 (c) Ensure that entities that have voluntarily reduced their greenhouse gas emissions before the rules take effect receive appropriate credit for those reductions.