Transportation and Climate Initiative

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Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) was a proposed interstate agreement in the United States, announced in 2010, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicle fuels in the Northeast. It aimed to use a cap-and-trade system on wholesale fuel suppliers. The plan was also called the Northeast Climate Pact. Jurisdictions involved included the District of Columbia and the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia. Many of these areas already took part in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap-and-trade program for electricity generation. If the plan had been adopted, gasoline prices in the participating states could have risen, with estimates of about 5 to 24 cents per gallon in 2023. Critics warned the tax would hit low-income people hardest. The proposal fell apart during the COVID-19 pandemic. Massachusetts withdrew in November 2021 to pursue other funding for roads, bridges, and public transit, and Rhode Island was the last to withdraw.