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Comment 19 for Design Comments for the GHG Scoping Plan (sp-design-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Ken
Last Name: Johnson
Email Address: kjinnovation@earthlink.net
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Subject: Carbon Fee
Comment:
CARB is evaluating carbon fees as an alternative to cap-and-trade,
but disfavors carbon fees on the grounds that "they provide less
certainty in California’s ability to meet specific emission
targets, as required under AB 32" (Draft Plan, page 42). However,
carbon fees and cap-and-trade are neither mutually exclusive nor
incompatible policy options. A carbon fee would provide greater
certainty of meeting California’s AB 32 goal, and could
incentivize early action in advance of post-2020 regulations, if
it is implemented as a price floor in the context of cap-and-trade
(i.e., as a reservation price in an allowance auction).
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Attachment: www.arb.ca.gov/lists/sp-design-ws/21-kenjohnson_2008_07_22.pdf

Original File Name: KenJohnson_2008_07_22.pdf

Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-07-22 21:19:17



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