The talking point that the Clean Heat Standard will “only cost pennies” is observably false.

One of the favorite talking points supporters of the Clean Heat Standard, S.5, like to pull out is that it will at most only add pennies to the cost of a gallon of heating fuel. Those who call the program the “Unaffordable Heat Act” and claim the costs will be somewhere in the $0.70 to $4.00 range are fear mongers and have no evidence to back up these c…