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Comment 11 for Design Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-design-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Mike
Last Name: Sandler
Email Address: mike@climateprotectioncampaign.org
Affiliation: Climate Protection Campaign
Subject: Auction 100%, Study Regressivity, Compensate Consumers
Comment:
On behalf of the Climate Protection Campaign, we ask the ARB to consider the following recommendations for the market measures section of the Final Scoping Plan: - Auction 100% of permits, with no phase-in. Let's not subsidize coal and prolong the transition to cleaner energy. - Use all auction revenues to provide a Dividend to compensate consumers. With gasoline at $4.50/gallon and rising electricity prices, helping consumers deal with fuel and electricity costs is the best use of auction revenues. Other worthy projects should be funded with carbon fees. We support CARB's intention to conduct a study on regressivity, encourage the Cap and Dividend concept as a potential solution, and also support ARB's proposal for a set of carbon fees to help pay for implementation of AB32 and other public goods such as clean technologies, green jobs, energy efficiency programs, and more. Please see the attached detailed comments. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Mike Sandler Climate Protection Campaign
Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/sp-design-ws/12-cpcab32scopingplancomments7-8-08.pdf
Original File Name: CPCAB32ScopingPlanComments7-8-08.pdf
Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-15 15:17:42
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