Truth or Consequences

Truth or Consequences

The traditional spring ramp-up in gasoline prices is underway, providing context for understanding why persistent claims of large gasoline price impacts from the Climate Commitment Act are misleading. Gas prices are going up (as they always do this time of year) while...
The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

Last September, in an article titled “Do Climate Commitment Act allowance prices get passed through to the pump?” we established a fact-based, dependable baseline expectation for monitoring the price signal of the Climate Commitment Act (CCA) at the pump. In that...
The Real-World: Climate Commitment Act and Gas Prices

As prices settle down, will the rhetoric follow?

Much has been made of the “high” auction costs of carbon allowances under the Climate Commitment Act during the first year of operations. Opponents of the CCA have reacted to auction settlement prices as a reason to amend or repeal the program. Early peaks in new...
Press Release: CONFERENCE TOUTS CCA’S ONE YEAR SUCCESSES

Press Release: CONFERENCE TOUTS CCA’S ONE YEAR SUCCESSES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact:Lee KellerCall or text: 206.799.3805lee@thekellergroup.com    CONFERENCE TOUTS CCA’S ONE YEAR SUCCESSES New Lithium-Silicon Battery Co wins Giuliani Clean Energy Entrepreneur Award (Seattle, WA) January 5, 2024– With only three...