Feebates Research Contract
This page last reviewed February 17, 2012
Background:
AB 32 specifically states
that if the Pavley regulations do not remain
in effect, ARB shall implement alternative regulations to control
mobile sources to achieve equivalent or greater reductions of
greenhouse gas emissions (HSC §38590). ARB is currently evaluating the
use of a feebate program as the mechanism to secure these reductions,
should that be necessary. A
feebate regulation would combine a rebate program for low-emitting
new vehicles with a fee program for high-emitting new vehicles. This
program would be designed in a way to generate equivalent or greater
cumulative
reductions of greenhouse gas emissions compared to what would have been
achieved under the Pavley regulations.
As described in the Scoping
Plan (Volume
I,
p. C-61), ARB is
commissioning a study to analyze the benefits from the implementation
of a feebate program for new vehicles in California, both in place of
and in addition to
the Pavley standards. The study will assess elements of
program design including fee and rebate levels, point of regulation,
implementation strategy, consumer response, and interaction with other
AB 32 programs.
Based on standard research contract processes, ARB issued a research
solicitation to University of California and California State
University researchers for pre-proposals to analyze the potential
design and benefits of a feebate program for California.
Through this solicitation process, the team from the Institute of
Transportation at University of California, Davis, led by Dr. David
Greene and Prof. David Bunch, in collaboration with researchers from
University of California, Berkeley and Irvine campuses was selected to
develop a full proposal for funding.
The full
proposal was reviewed by the Research Screening
Committee
(RSC) at their November 2008 meeting and approved by the Board in
December 2008. Work on the contract began in January
2009.
Reports:
The research team released an
Interim
Statement of Findings
with preliminary study highlights in May 2010.
The final report was approved by the RSC in January
2011. An updated final report was revised in February 2012 to correct numerical errors, see Excerpts of Corrections (.pdf, 91 KB). The new report, appendices,
and detailed modeling
results are available to
download by viewing the project page in our Research Catalog.
Workshops / Meetings:
February 26, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Public Consultation Meeting to Discuss Policy Options for Evaluation
- Meeting Announcement
- Agenda
- Presentation, Part 1 (introduction by ARB staff)
- Presentation, Part 2 (by co-principal investigator David Greene)
November 5, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Public Consultation Meeting to Discuss Research Objectives and Contract
Scope of Work
Contact Information:
For questions or comments, please contact Fereidun Feizollahi at (916) 323-1509.
