Governor's Task Force on Global Warming
Ad-hoc Low Income Work Group

Objectives:

1. To analyze potential impacts on low-income citizens of greenhouse gas reduction policies that have been presented to the Task Force; and
2. suggest ideas to the full Task Force to mitigate those impacts.

Please see the Task Force Documents page to find the Ad-hoc Low-Income Work Group's Final Report.

Past Meetings

January 8, 2008

Agenda [PDF 19KB]

Materials and Presentations

• WRTP and BIG-STEP Presentation [PDF 5MB]
• Memo from Rhodes-Conway to Low Income Work Group [PDF 68KB]
• Comments from Midwest Environmental Advocates to Low Income Work Group [PDF 464KB]
  revised January 18th

December 4, 2007

Agenda [PDF 20KB]

Materials and Presentations

• Equitable Solutions [PDF 64KB]
  Satya Rhodes-Conway, Center on Wisconsin Strategy
• The Oakland Green Jobs Corp [PDF exit DNR]
  Ian Kim, Oakland Apollo Alliance, Ellen Baker Center for Human Rights
• Berkeley Going Solar - City Pays Up Front, Recoups Over 20 Years [exit DNR]
  San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 2007
• Green Jobs in Action in Richmond [exit DNR]
  Green Media Toolshed, August 23, 2007
• Richmond Students Learn 'Green' Skills on Solar Project [exit DNR]
  Solar Richmond, August 31, 2007
• Capturing Home Energy Savings in Milwaukee [PDF exit DNR]
  Center on Wisconsin Strategy
• Community Jobs in the Green Economy [PDF exit DNR]
  The Apollo Alliance and Urban Habitat, 2007
• The State of Working Wisconsin
  Center on Wisconsin Strategy
  • 2006 Full Report [PDF exit DNR]
  • 2006 Executive Summary [PDF exit DNR]
  • Update 2007 [PDF exit DNR]

November 30, 2007

Agenda [PDF 20KB]

Materials and Presentations

• Draft Policy Recommendations of the Transportation Work Group
  Co-Chairs John Pearse and Steve Hiniker
  • Overview Presentation [PDF 6MB]
    Presented to the overall Task Force on November 2, 2007
• Draft Policy Recommendations of the Electric Generation/Supply-Side Work Group
  Co-Chairs Kathy Lipp and Peter Taglia
  • Revised Electric Generation Interim Report Presentation (Summary) [PDF 148KB]
    Original Presentation was made to the overall Task Force on October 19, 2007

Documents Posted at the Request of Work Group Members

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1. The Effects of Climate-Change Policies on the Federal Budget and the Budgets of Low-Income Households [PDF 483KB]
   Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 2007
   Effective measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions can be compatible with sound budgeting and the fair treatment of low-income consumers. Designing a policy that meets these objectives requires, however, that lawmakers be mindful not just of the environmental consequences of their actions but of the budgetary and distributional implications as well.
2. Designing Climate-Change Legislation That Shields Low-Income Households from Increased Poverty and Hardship [PDF 143KB]
   Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, November 2007
   Efficient, effective policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions work in part by raising the prices of fossil fuel energy products to encourage energy efficiency and the substitution of clean energy sources for fossil fuel. While this is essential to prevent damage from climate change, it will raise costs to consumers for a wide array of products and services, from gasoline and electricity to food, mass transit, and other products or services with significant energy inputs. The cost increases will pose special challenges for low- and moderate-income households.
3. Low-Income Consumers’ Energy Bills and Their Impact in 2006 [PDF 263KB]
   Economic Opportunity Studies, October 2005
   Department of Energy price projections released October 8 are the basis for predicting the impact of the coming year’s combined household energy bills on low- and moderate-income consumers. The analysis assumes normal weather and no changes in household heat or a/c sources and mix of appliances and lighting used.
4. Research Resources Regarding Needs and Impacts Relating to Low Income Utility and Energy Consumers [PDF 51KB]
   CT Legal Services, Inc., February 2007
   This listing was prepared as a guide to assist in accessing information relevant to low-income utility and energy consumers.