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

Feb 10, 2026 - CPUC indicates it believes this more complicated approach is required by the statute ’s direction “to maximize customer affordability. ” CPUC ’s Proposed Approach to AB  1207 Implementation Raises Important Policy Choices … Assembly Bill 1207 does not make it clear how, if at all, the Legislature would like the California Climate Credit to vary based on factors such as geography
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - (These payments are related to a 2017 ‑18 budget action that borrowed from the General Fund for a large one ‑time contribution to the state employee pension fund, requiring future repayment from all relevant funds that make employer pension contributions, including MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - As a result, in concept, the decision about who gets the allowances essentially determines 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/5042

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - How Would Ratepayers Be Affected? How electric ratepayers would be affected by the Governor ’s proposals is unclear. In order to understand the potential impacts, we recommend the Legislature consider the following issues when evaluating the proposal: New Charges and Capacity Payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - How Waters Are Defined Affects How They Are Regulated. Federal CWA requirements only apply to “waters of the United States ” (WOTUS), so the definition of WOTUS is important. The broader the definition, the more bodies of water will fall under federal jurisdiction —and vice versa.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The differences in our estimates stem from our differing definitions. The Governor ’s estimate includes constitutionally required spending on schools and community colleges, reserves, and debt payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Feb 24, 2025 - CARB has not offered a persuasive explanation for why the Legislature should depart from this traditional approach to setting fee policy. Second, CARB has not provided adequate information over how it would use the proposed new authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

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

Jan 7, 2025 - As we discuss in the box below, the structures of such credits generally vary depending on whether the customers get electricity from an IOU or POU, as well as on when they installed their solar systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The supplemental payments were intended to accelerate the recovery from this drop, with payments growing from $2.3  billion in 2021 ‑22 to more than $6  billion by 2024 ‑25. Due to the strong rebound in the minimum guarantee, the Governor proposes to eliminate these payments after 2021 ‑22 —effectively making the $2.3  billion included in the 2021 ‑22 budget a one-time payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Price and Other Fiscal Relief Options

May 12, 2022 - In comparison, providing tax refunds to vehicle owners would require several additional steps that could delay payments and increase administrative costs. Such steps would include collecting the necessary data from the Department of Motor Vehicles and selecting an entity to distribute payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4597