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

Jan 7, 2025 - California is home to three large IOUs —Pacific Gas and Electric (PG &E), Southern California Edison (SCE), and San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG &E) —as well as three smaller ones noted in the figure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Department of Energy, E15 only is available at roughly 3,000 gas stations across 31 states (roughly 2  percent of gas stations that sell fuel to the public), and E10 continues to be the standard blend nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Predicting how the cap ‑and ‑trade market will behave and forecasting corresponding GGRF revenues are always subject to some uncertainty. However, a couple of factors may contribute to more uncertainty than usual for this exercise over the next several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s cap-and-trade expenditure plan for 2025-26 and provide associated recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4960

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2025 - This brief analyzes various budget proposals from the California Air Resources Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4980

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California [Publication Details]

Jan 7, 2025 - This report explores key questions that frequently emerge around residential electricity rates in California, including why electricity rates are relatively high, some resulting implications for ratepayers and state climate change goals, and notable emerging issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4950

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety (OEIS) Primary state agency responsible for reducing the likelihood of utility ‑involved wildfires. Approves utilities ’ wildfire risk mitigation plans. Public Utilities Commission Regulates investor ‑owned electric utilities, ratifies the utility wildfire risk mitigation plans approved by OEIS, and oversees the use of public safety power shutoffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan Demand ‑Side Grid Support Program CEC Total $305 a Shifts support from the General Fund and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to Proposition 4. These fund shifts would provide $50 million of previously unallocated Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan funds to Demand Side Grid Support Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4958

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - This distinction is important in a budget environment where the Legislature must be targeted in how it uses limited General Fund resources to achieve its highest policy objectives. Second, we find the proposal lacks detail on how this funding would support specific outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967