Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - How CARB decides to allocate allowances across various broad purposes —such as selling them to benefit GGRF or providing them for free to industry and/or utilities —ultimately will determine where the revenue from the charges paid by emitters will go, including which entities will receive these revenues and for what purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Step 3: Determine How to Structure Residential Rates. The third step generally includes determining how to structure the rates for residential customers to generate the required revenues. This includes determining how much of the money should be generated from fixed charges versus from volumetric charges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - Second, CARB has not provided adequate information over how it would use the proposed new authority. CARB is effectively requesting that the Legislature grant it authority to raise additional fees without providing a clear understanding of what those fees would include, which entities would pay them, or the amount that would be charged.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - (We note that many electric utilities charge higher rates during these four summer months, as they tend to be associated with higher electricity usage.) Instead of opting to take this simple approach, however, CPUC is proposing to implement a more complex met hodology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - However, the Legislature could consider shifting a portion of activities from the proposed General Fund loan to the environmental fee (a tiered charge on statewide businesses with 100 or more employees) that supports TSCA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Cap-and-Invest Expenditure Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - Given the continued uncertainty around cap ‑and ‑invest revenues, we recommend the Legislature closely monitor upcoming quarterly auctions —in February  and May 2026 —to assess how revenues are materializing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5114

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The state added the doubling goal as a narrative water quality objective in the 1995 Bay ‑Delta Plan. Doubling natural production relative to the average annual 1967 ‑1991 baseline would mean nearly 900,000 naturally produced salmon annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - For example, will incentives for charging infrastructure be provided at the car dealership upon purchase of the ZEV, or will households access this program in some other way? How will this program target renters?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - In addition to the state programs that subsidize ZEV purchases, other programs subsidize the installation of charging infrastructure to further encourage ZEV  adoption. State ’s Multiyear Fiscal Condition is Alarming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - Furthermore, structuring the change as a flat increase—rather than tiered—is a reasonable approach given that it is easier to administer, offers a more predictable charge and revenue stream, and DPR has not yet identified a list of priority pesticides that could be used to form tiers for differential charges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873