Western Climate Initiative Linkage
This page last reviewed May 23, 2012
California is in the process of evaluating Quebec’s cap-and-trade program for the purposes of a joint market program where California and Quebec would agree to mutually accept each others compliance instruments. To enable this mutual acceptance of compliance instruments, California has initiated a public process to amend the cap-and-trade regulation. Any staff recommended amendments for Board consideration will go through a full rule making process as required under the Administrative Procedure Act.
2012 Proposed Amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Regulation
- Submit a Board Comment

- Official Regulation Documents
- Reader Friendly Version of Proposed Amendments
- Press Release
Summary of Public Process
ARB held its first public workshop to discuss the scope of amendments on February 3, 2012.
ARB staff will be holding a second public workshop to discuss draft proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Trade Regulation to allow for the mutual acceptance of compliance instruments with Quebec on April 9, 2012.
For more information about the Quebec cap-and-trade program and its cap-and-trade regulation, please visit
Quebec’s
cap-and-trade website.



