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...
Future of Carbon Policy Forum – Gov. Inslee to Speak

Future of Carbon Policy Forum – Gov. Inslee to Speak

The Future of Carbon Policy Forum Is where you want to be on January 4th at Amazon’s Seattle Campus On Thursday, January 4th – just four days prior to the start of the 2024 legislative session in Olympia – we’ll gather at Amazon’s Day 1 Building in Seattle to preview...