The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - The  Governor ’s budget provides a total of $922.4  million General Fund over two years ($323  million in 2022 ‑23 and $600  million in 2023 ‑24) to CEC for two new residential building decarbonization programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - Typically, the process for determining whether a law or regulation is a state ‑reimbursable mandate takes several years. State law further requires our office to analyze any new mandates identified by the commission as a part of our annual analysis of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform Implementation [Publication Details]

Jan 25, 2022 - However, we recommend the Legislature continue to conduct oversight of the programmatic expansions being proposed and to revisit staffing levels in future years. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4497

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation [Publication Details] The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget proposes $200 million General Fund over two years for the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) within the Department of Conservation (DOC) to plug deserted wells and decommission associated facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4508

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - Under those two revenue scenarios, we estimated that total revenue would exceed the Governor’s budget assumptions by $600 million (low scenario) to $2.8 billion (base scenario) over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - The administration estimates $29  million in annual debt service costs over 25 years —split between MVA ($19  million), APCF ($6  million), and VIRF ($4  million) —for a total project cost of $739  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

The 2020-21 Budget: Climate Change Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2020 - This report assesses the Governor’s major 2020-21 budget proposals related to climate change. The four proposals we evaluate are the Governor's (1) cap-and-trade expenditure plan ($965 million), (2) expanded climate adaptation research and technical assistance activities ($25 million), (3) new Climate Catalyst loan fund ($250 million), and (4) climate bond ($4.75 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4155

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - The incentives reduced the cost of installing a residential solar unit by about 25  p ercent in the early years of the program and by about 5 p ercent to 10  p ercent in the final years. This design was intended to gradually reduce customer reliance on subsidies as the solar industry matured and market prices declined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - These estimates include only projects implemented in the last few years. Technology Advancement. This is based on our assessment of the degree to which each program could help promote zero ‑emission technologies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

The 2016-17 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 25, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $1.8  billion for CPUC in 2016-17, a net increase of $260  million (17  percent) compared to estimated expenditures in the current year. This year-over-year increase is largely the result of increased costs for the California LifeLine program, which we discuss below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3373