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I have two main points to make:

1. Cap-and-Trade is a great idea, but only so long as _all_
allowances are sold at market rates. We must avoid Europe's
initial mistake of handing out allowances for free in proportion
to existing emissions. Start California's program by requiring
emitters to purchase all their allowances! 

2. Please don't forget those of us who live off-grid when energy
incentives are designed. Most of the existing incentives are
linked to displacing centralized utility power, and provide no
assistance for off-grid energy. But in fact, there are hundreds of
families out here in Mendocino, Humboldt, and other rural counties
who run their own small, inefficient, and dirty private generators
for hundreds of hours per year to supplement their solar or
micro-hydro systems. That is undoubtedly some of the "dirtiest"
power produced in the state, and should be a prime target for
incentives! 

Thank you for your consideration,

Loren