California Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff is developing
proposals for 2016 amendments to the California Cap on Greenhouse
Gas Emissions and Market Based Compliance Mechanisms
(Cap-and-Trade Program) that will seek to improve Program
efficiency and chart post-2020 implementation of the Program, as
well as supporting changes to the Regulation for the Mandatory
Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MRR). The potential
revisions would also support California's plan for compliance
with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (U.S. EPA) Clean
Power Plan. ARB staff had initially proposed a schedule for these
amendments wherein staff reports and draft regulation orders
would be released for a formal, 45-day public comment period at
the end of May 2016 prior to the Board's initial consideration of
the amendments at the July 2016 Board hearing and a final Board
hearing in Spring 2017. ARB staff is now proposing the following
updated schedule for amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Program and
MRR:
July 2016 - Release of staff reports and draft regulation orders
and beginning of formal public comment period
September 2016 – Initial Board Hearing
Spring 2017 – Final Board Hearing
October 2017 – Adopted Regulations become effective
Background
Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Regulation
ARB first approved the MRR in 2007, with revisions in 2010, 2012,
2013, and 2014. The upcoming 2016 amendments will clarify and
update the regulation, including changes to support the
Cap-and-Trade Program and for compliance with the U.S. EPA's
Clean Power Plan.
More information about ARB's MRR is available at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/reporting/ghg-rep/ghg-rep.htm.
Cap-and-Trade Regulation
The Board first formally adopted the Cap-and-Trade Regulation in
October 2011, and subsequently approved limited amendments to the
Cap-and-Trade Regulation in June 2012, October 2013, April 2014,
September 2014, and most recently June 2015. The upcoming 2016
amendments will seek to improve Cap-and-Trade Program efficiency,
update the Cap-and-Trade Regulation using the latest information,
and chart post-2020 implementation of the Cap-and-Trade Program.
More information about ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program is available
at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm
Clean Power Plan
On August 3, 2015, U.S. EPA's Administrator signed its Clean
Power Plan, which sets carbon dioxide emissions limits for many
existing electric generating units. These regulations are based
on section 111(d) (42 U.S.C. § 7411(d)) of the federal Clean Air
Act. The Plan was published in the Federal Register on October
23, 2015. States must develop compliance plans to meet these
limits and compliance plans are due in September 2016 (with the
option to seek extensions). ARB is developing California's
compliance plan in consultation with the California Energy
Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission,
California's air districts, and other partners.
More information about the Clean Power Plan and related rules is
available at:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/powerplants/powerplants.htm
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