HM 1027 Summary

• House memorial urging Congress to direct the EPA to use specified criteria when developing guidelines for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from existing fossil-fueled electric generating units.

• Requests EPA guidelines respect Florida's primacy and allow state regulators to develop performance standards accounting for the state's unique policies, energy needs, resource mix, and economic priorities.

• Urges EPA to base guidelines on carbon dioxide reductions achievable at fossil-fueled electric generating units and allow Florida to set less stringent performance standards or longer compliance schedules.

• Emphasizes that coal-fueled generating units represent only 3 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and that U.S. electric sector emissions are projected to be 14 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.

• Directs that copies be sent to the President, EPA Administrator, Congress leadership, and Florida's congressional delegation.