I support Governor Youngkin's proposal to withdraw from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative for many reasons, but here are 4 primary ones:

1) RGGI imposes a carbon tax which has cost Virginia electricity generators more than $500 million in just 2 years, with these costs being passed along to consumers.  Another $300 million will likely be collected in 2023.  Almost 70% of the total is paid by customers (like me!) of Dominion Energy Virginia.

2) Virginia generators and other industrial energy users were already moving away from coal and natural gas and RGGI has not accelerated that trend, which will continue without RGGI.  Other laws and market forces are driving the changes.

3) Despite lower emissions in Virginia, RGGI has not and will no lower CO2 in the atmosphere.  Virginia uses electricity from the entire PJM interconnection region, including several states which are not a part of any such compact, and CO2 levels are going up worldwide.

4) Our greatest enemy, China, is the biggest offender of and contributor to pollution and emissions, and they will continue to prosper as we: 1) are economically and financially smothered by brain-dead laws, regulations, and compacts like the RGGI, and 2) are forced to be energy-dependent, rather than energy-sufficient.  We easily could (and should) be energy providers to other nations!

I recommend you watch:  https://www.prageru.com/video/the-real-climate-crisis?fbclid=IwAR1Jw6VlKxviP8Z3Nv59UNFQ0-iCqw8ej0cuXmoqyLxg_4w8kFuHHblXNqQ