diff --git a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/declarations.gms b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/declarations.gms
index 071a9337b..1882e3c44 100644
--- a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/declarations.gms
+++ b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/declarations.gms
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $endif.emiMktTargetType
   p47_slopeReferenceIteration_iter(iteration,ttot,ext_regi)    "auxiliary parameter to store reference iteration used for calculating slope of current mititgation cost [#]"
   pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) "multiplicative tax rescale factor that rescales emiMkt carbon price from iteration to iteration to reach regipol targets [%]"
   p47_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax_iter(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) "parameter to save rescale factor across iterations for debugging purposes [%]"
-  p47_clampedRescaleSlope_iter(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) "auxiliary parameter to save the slope value before clamping. Useful for debugging purposes [#]"
+  p47_factorRescaleemiMktCO2TaxPreclamp_iter(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt)   "auxiliary parameter to save the rescale factor before clamping over iterations. Useful for debugging purposes []"
   p47_dampedFactorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax_iter(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) "auxiliary parameter to save the rescale factor value before dampening. Useful for debugging purposes [#]"
 
 *** Parameters necessary to define the CO2 tax curve shape   
diff --git a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
index 3f92dfdf1..395ff94fe 100644
--- a/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
+++ b/modules/47_regipol/regiCarbonPrice/postsolve.gms
@@ -328,11 +328,6 @@ loop(ext_regi$regiEmiMktTarget(ext_regi),
                   );
 ***               if we are still using the slope
                   if(NOT(regiEmiMktRescaleType(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt,"squareDev_noNonPositiveSlope")),
-***                 clamp slopes values to avoid extreme changes (or no change) on a single iteration (avoid corner cases where other parts of the model changes causing undesirable fluctuations on the calculated slope)
-                    if((p47_factorRescaleSlope(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) gt -0.3) OR (p47_factorRescaleSlope(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) lt -5),
-                      p47_clampedRescaleSlope_iter(iteration,ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) = p47_factorRescaleSlope(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt);
-                    );
-                    p47_factorRescaleSlope(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) = max(-5,min(-0.3, p47_factorRescaleSlope(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt)));               
 ***                 calculate the tax rescale factor using the above calculated slope
                     pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) = 
                       (
@@ -343,7 +338,13 @@ loop(ext_regi$regiEmiMktTarget(ext_regi),
                   );
                 );
               );
-            );
+
+***           clamp tax rescale refactor to [0.5 .. 2] to avoid extreme changes (or no change) on a single iteration (avoid corner cases where other parts of the model changes causing undesirable fluctuations on the calculated slope)
+              if(  ( pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) gt 2 ) OR ( pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) lt 0.5 ) ,
+                p47_factorRescaleemiMktCO2TaxPreclamp_iter(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) = pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt); 
+                pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) = min(2, max( 0.5, pm_factorRescaleemiMktCO2Tax(ttot,ttot2,ext_regi,emiMktExt) ) );  
+              );
+            ); 
 ***         dampen if rescale oscillates
             if( (iteration.val > 3) , 
               if ( (