Scope Design Issues

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Scope Design Issues

• Scope Subcommittee
• Michael Gibbs, Cal/EPA
• January 10, 2008
• Portland, Oregon

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Overview

• Scope Subcommittee
• Mission
• Members
• Work Plan
• Work Plan Comments
• Major Options
• Design Elements
• Major Options
• Questions

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Mission

• Recommend the scope of a proposed cap and trade
  program
• The sectors that fall under the cap.
• The emissions sources that fall under the cap.
• The greenhouses gases that fall under the cap.
• The point(s) of regulation where the cap would be
  enforced.
• Electric Sector evaluated by the Electricity
  Subcommittee.

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Mission (Continued)

• The Subcommittee must balance multiple
  objectives, consistent with the WCI design
  principles.
• administratively simple
• minimizes administrative costs
• covers as many sources as is practical
• minimizes the potential for leakage
• facilitates linkage

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Members


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Work Plan

• Task 0 Emissions Inventory
• Task 1 Initial Options
• Task 2 Description of Major Options
• Task 3 Option Evaluation
• Task 4 Option Recommendation

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Work Plan (Continued)

• Task 0 Emissions Inventory
• Preliminary and ongoing
• Task 1 Initial Options
• Listed in Work Plan
• Comments requested
• Task 2 Description of Major Options
• Released prior to the Workshop
• Comments requested
• Task 3 Option Evaluation
• Task 4 Option Recommendation

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Work Plan Comments


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Work Plan Comments (Continued)


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Work Plan Comments (Continued)

• What sectors should be included?

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Work Plan Comments (Continued)

• What Gases
• All 6 Kyoto gases 9 comments.
• Should thresholds be used?
• Yes 5 comments.
• List of the Design Elements
• No comments (to date).

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Major Options

• Design Elements
• Major Options
• Combinations of Design Elements
• Questions

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Design Elements

• Design Elements A through K
• Description
• Emissions and Entity Data
• Emissions at the Entity Level
• Administration
• Leakage Issues
• Working Draft solicit comments

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Design Elements


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Major Options


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Major Options (Continued)

• Design Elements not in the options
• E. Fossil Fuel Industry (oil and natural gas
  production natural gas processing)
• G. Passenger Cars, Light Duty Trucks and Medium
  Duty Vehicles (manufacturers)
• H. Large Transportation Fleets
• I. Agriculture Emissions
• J. Forestry and Land Use Change
• K. Production of High GWP Gases

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Questions

• Feasibility Subcommittees assessment of the
  design elements that are feasible.
• Options The range of options presented.
• Thresholds What thresholds (e.g., tons of
  emissions per year) are appropriate to use.
• Phasing Which design elements, if any, should
  be phased in over time.

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