Air Resources Board (ARB or Board) staff invites interested
parties to participate in a public workshop on October 21, 2016,
to discuss potential amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Regulation
(Regulation).
Date: Friday, October 21, 2016
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Place: Byron Sher Auditorium
CalEPA Headquarters Building
1001 I Street Sacramento, California 95814
Webcast: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/
Purpose of Workshop
ARB will hold a workshop on October 21 to continue the public
process of the 2016 amendments to the Regulation and follow-up
from the September 22, 2016, Board hearing. The workshop will
cover the following topics:
• Potential changes to program design to support greater
greenhouse gas reductions at covered entities
• Market program data transparency
• Post-2020 allocation to industry and utilities
• Natural gas supplier allocation consignment
• CAISO Energy Imbalance Market compliance obligations
• Treatment of waste-to-energy facilities
Some presented topics may be part of the current scope of
amendments and others may need to be implemented as part of a
subsequent rulemaking that would take effect prior to 2021.
Staff proposals for post-2020 allocation will be made available
at noon (12 pm) Pacific time on October 14, 2016. All materials
will be posted at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/meetings/meetings.htm.
All interested stakeholders are invited to attend. A live
webcast of the workshop will be available at
http://www.calepa.ca.gov/Broadcast/. Remote participants may
e-mail questions during the workshop to
auditorium@calepa.ca.gov.
Following the workshop, stakeholders will have an opportunity to
provide written comments during an informal comment period which
will conclude at 5:00 pm Pacific time on Friday, November 4,
2016. A link to provide comments will be available after the
workshop at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/meetings/meetings.htm.
Background
The Board first formally adopted the Regulation in October 2011,
and subsequently approved limited amendments to the Regulation in
June 2012, October 2013, April 2014, September 2014, and most
recently June 2015. The 2016 amendments seek to improve Program
efficiency, update the Regulation using the latest information,
and chart post-2020 implementation of the Program.
More information about ARB's Cap-and-Trade Program is available
at http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm.
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