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In an interview with @zavalaa.bsky.social, @carb-chair.bsky.social Sanchez emphasized how the #CapAndInvest Program has delivered for Californians
“This program has a 15-year track record of success. . . over $34 billion in investments up and down the state and $15 billion for utility bill rebates.”

@carb-chair.bsky.social sat down with @zavalaa.bsky.social to discuss proposed updates to CA’s #CapAndInvest Program: “We’re in the middle of a regulatory process, we’re working through all of the feedback & public comment & we have built in enough time for changes should those be deemed necessary."

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#CPUC has paused the residential semi-annual #ClimateCredit that usually is sent in April & October so they can reconsider timing of disbursements. These are funds generated by the #CARB #CapAndInvest #GHG program. Redlined decision for next meeting […]

Green groups press Newsom as cap‑and‑invest fight collides with gas shock As California drivers face a spike in gas prices amid the Iran war, the debate over cap‑and‑invest intensifies.

This week, NextGen & our partners submitted a letter to CARB urging the state to strengthen & pass an updated #CapAndInvest regulation. ✅🌎 Amid geopolitical shocks, it's now more important than ever to support the transition to an independent, renewable energy system.
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A man, a plan, a plane fuel - POLITICO www.politico.com/newsletters/california-c... #CapAndInvest #Decarbonization #CAPol

Memo says New Yorkers face increased costs under state climate law New York’s clean energy law could cost residents more than expected.

So about that #NYSERDA memo re: #capandinvest costs...The analysis assumed a *starting* price of $120 per ton of carbon emissions in 5 years. For comparison: That's 4X current market price in the California-Quebec market and 1.5X the price cap in that market. Dying to know how this memo came to be.

NYSERDA Memo Sparks Debate Over New York’s Climate Goals - Cozzy Energy Solutions A leaked memo from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) indicates that Governor Kathy Hochul’s administration is preparing to confront legislative hesitation regarding the implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA). The memo suggests that the original design of the CLCPA, with its differing accounting standards and inflexible

NYSERDA Memo Sparks Debate Over New York’s Climate Goals #NYISO #CLCPA #ClimateChange #EnergyPrices #NYRenewableEnergy #CapAndInvest

Graphic titled “Joint Cap-and-Invest Auction Results.” For 2024–2026 allowances, 54,975,757 were offered and all 54,975,757 were sold at a price of $27.94. For 2029 allowances, 6,481,750 were offered, 6,263,000 were sold, also at a price of $27.94. CARB logo displayed at the bottom, with icons representing transportation, electricity, industry, and buildings.

California & Quebec release results for 46th joint #CapAndInvest auction

➡️ ww2.arb.ca.gov/news/california-and-quebec-release-summary-results-46th-joint-cap-and-invest-allowance-auction

On Monday, @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez testified on the future of CA's #CapAndInvest program. Extended by the #CAleg through 2045, the program shows the world that CA is staying the course as a stable partner & global innovator.

Interactive Data Dashboard Highlights Impact — California Climate Investments View California Climate Investments' impact by program, total funds awarded, estimated greenhouse gas reductions and more.

(3/3) Monto de dólares asignados del Fondo de Reducción de Gases de Efecto Invernadero (GGRF) a los programas

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Interactive Data Dashboard Highlights Impact — California Climate Investments View California Climate Investments' impact by program, total funds awarded, estimated greenhouse gas reductions and more.

(3/3) Check out the Data Dashboard here bit.ly/Data_Dashboa... Questions? Reach out to info@caclimateinvestments.ca.gov or give us a call at 1-800-757-2907 (Hablamos Español)

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Funding Workbook for all California Tribes — California Climate Investments The Funding Workbook is designed to guide Tribal leaders and staff through the funding opportunities available within California Climate Investments. The Funding Workbook helps assess which programs m...

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In Part 5 of our series from @bloomberg.com NEF SF, @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez dives into the infrastructure powering CA’s ZEV transition.
CA now has 200K+ public EV chargers—funded in part by #CapAndInvest. We're putting those dollars to work for a reliable, accessible network for all.

In part 3 of our series from @bloomberg.com NEF SF, @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez describes how CARB is updating the #CapAndInvest program “balancing ambition with affordability”

In part 2 of our series from @bloomberg.com NEF SF, @carb-chair.bsky.social Lauren Sanchez explains why #CapAndInvest is the heart of CA’s strategy.

With $34B raised to date, we're turning carbon pricing into: 🚌electric school buses, 🔥wildfire resilience & 500K+ local projects.

Cap-and-Invest Regulation | California Air Resources Board Proposed 2026 Amendments to the Cap-and-Invest (formerly Cap-and-Trade) Regulation The preliminary documents posted below have been submitted to the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) and may be modified based on OAL feedback prior to the start of the formal 45-day comment period.

Cap-and-Invest Regulation | California Air Resources Board ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/cap-an... #CARB #CapAndInvest #Decarbonization #Climate

From left to right: Photo of Sara Noelani Olsen, Project Manager, Environmental Defense Fund NextGen’s Climate Policy Advisor Chloe Ames, Katelyn Roedner Sutter, California State Director, Environmental Defense Fund and Daniel Barad, Western States Co-Director, Union of Concerned Scientists at “ A Celebration of California’s Climate and Clean Energy Progress” event on January 6, 2025.

NextGen team members gathered w/ policy leaders, donors, & advocates to celebrate CA's 2025 climate & clean energy progress like the strengthened #CapAndInvest program. We are committed to continuing to push for bold climate progress in 2026 w/ our partners @envdefensefund.bsky.social & @ucs.org

NextGen California Responds to Governor Gavin Newsom’s Climate Budget Proposal - NextGen Policy

“This budget proposal demonstrates the benefit of extending the #CapAndInvest program as well as the increasing urgency to update the program & link it with Washington’s carbon market,”- Jamie Pew, NextGen’s Climate Policy Adv.
⭐ More on climate funding for the 2026-27 #CABudget
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**In summary** Legal experts, including a former federal official and UCLA professor, say California could go it alone if the federal government stops regulating greenhouse gases. One reason to try is to protect the state’s clean-car economy. _Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up forWhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State._ California has long cast itself as the nation’s climate conscience — and its policy lab. Now, as the Environmental Protection Agency moves to revoke the backbone of federal climate rules — the scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human health — one of the state’s top climate officials is weighing a provocative idea put forward by environmental law experts: If Washington retreats, California could lead on carbon-controlling regulation. Absent what’s known as the endangerment finding, the EPA may soon consider abandoning the legal authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles, power plants and other sources, furthering the Trump Administration’s stated aim to dismantle U.S. climate policy. While decrying the prospect of such a move, climate advocates say a repeal would yield a silver lining: California and other states could in theory set their own greenhouse gas rules for cars and trucks, regulations previously superseded by federal authority. Cars and trucks represent more than a third of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. A long shot regulatory gambit could clean some of the nation’s dirtiest air – and keep the state’s clean-car transition alive. “All options are currently on the table,” Lauren Sanchez, chair of the California Air Resources Board, told CalMatters in an interview. ## **Authority states have never had before** A former federal official and expert on the Clean Air Act – who is also a law professor at UCLA – first floated this idea. Ann Carlson wrote in the law journal Environmental Forum that an aggressive federal action against climate policy “could, ironically, provide states with authority they’ve never had before.” 1. Just the right amount of news 2. Just the right amount of news 1. Get California’s most essential headlines without feeling overwhelmed. 2. Get California’s most essential headlines without feeling overwhelmed. Email address By clicking subscribe, you agree to the terms. Δ The Trump administration now argues that greenhouse gases do not endanger health and that regulation is more harmful — a claim widely rejected by scientists, businesses and environmental groups, as well as states, including California. The Phillips 66 refinery in Wilmington, on Sept. 30, 2025. Photo by Stella Kalinina for CalMatters “If greenhouse gases aren’t covered by the Clean Air Act,” Carlson told CalMatters, “then California could presumably regulate them — and so could every other state.” Carlson, who ran the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration until last year and has written extensively about the landmark law, argues that the act only preempts state rules for pollutants it actually covers. States “have a pretty strong legal argument” to regulate greenhouse gases, she said. The EPA, for its part, argues that states would still be barred from setting their own standards, arguing that its broad authority over air pollution covers even emissions the agency chooses not to regulate. That’s a view shared by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, a trade association and lobbying group, which supported overturning California’s phaseout of new, gas-powered cars, as well as the American Trucking Associations, which has opposed some of California’s rules on trucks. Carlson said that argument doesn’t hold up. In her Environmental Forum article, she wrote: “If Congress didn’t intend the act to cover greenhouse gases, as the administration argues, then it’s hard to believe Congress intended to preempt states and localities from regulating them.” In other words, she says, preemption has its limits. Other experts agreed the idea is worth considering. Ethan Elkind, who directs the climate program at UC Berkeley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment, said that states are free to “do whatever they want,” as long as the federal government hasn’t preempted them. ## **Not a slam dunk for California to step in** For the better part of a century, California has worked to curb air pollution at the state and local level. The state’s vanguard status positions it well to test Trump’s move to curb federal climate regulation, say experts. “I personally would be advocating that they move ahead,” said Mary Nichols, a former air board chair. “And if I were there, I would be looking to gain support for doing it.” California holds a unique status under federal law. It can set tougher tailpipe-emission standards than the rest of the country — a recognition of its early leadership in fighting smog. Since 1968, the state has obtained more than 100 federal waivers for its vehicle rules, and other states can adopt California’s standards under certain conditions. UC Berkeley law professor Daniel Farber said the state could even take a dual-track approach. “We don’t really think we need a waiver,” he would argue after EPA abandons the field, “but just in case we do: yes, give us one.” California’s latest clash with Washington stems from a decades-long dance over who sets the nation’s toughest clean-car rules. The state’s strict vehicle rules have helped spur innovations from catalytic converters to cleaner fuel to electric cars. The regulatory push began in Los Angeles after skies grew so smog-choked they stung peoples’ eyes. In 1966, California adopted the nation’s first tailpipe standards. When Congress passed the 1970 Clean Air Act, it gave the state rare authority to set tougher rules — making California both a laboratory and a trailblazer, so long as it secured a federal waiver. In 2002, California passed the nation’s first law regulating greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. The Supreme Court’s 2007 Massachusetts v. EPA ruling confirmed those gases are pollutants under federal law, leading to the Obama administration’s 2009 “endangerment finding” that they harm public health. Such a move would fit California’s pattern of pushing first and asking permission later. In 2005, the state adopted its greenhouse-gas standards for vehicles and sought a waiver before it was even clear whether carbon qualified as pollution under federal law. The EPA initially denied that request in 2008 but reversed course a year later, granting the waiver in 2009. “So this wouldn’t necessarily be a slam dunk approach for the state to take, but I think the legal avenue is now there,” said Elkin, of UC Berkeley. ## **Targeting cars with new regulation** If California tried to regulate greenhouse gases on its own, it would have both experience and infrastructure to rely on. The process would look a lot like how the state has written past clean-car rules — except this time, the target would be carbon itself. California’s clean-car rules have operated within the permission-seeking framework set up by the Clean Air Act — until this year, when Trump and Congress moved to block the state’s plans to phase out gas cars and tighten diesel-truck standards. Trump’s EPA then went further by proposing to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, framing it as a win for “consumer choice.” Most of the state’s climate programs already run under authority of California’s own groundbreaking state laws: clean-energy mandates for utilities, a carbon-trading program for businesses, even standards to cut the carbon in fuels. Cars are different. They’re sold into a national market, and tailpipe emissions have long been federally preempted — one reason California has needed Washington’s permission to go its own way. If the state decides to test those limits, regulators would need to draft new rules and open them to public review — a process that could take years. California has already started down the path of new rules for clean cars and trucks. Last month, the Air Resources Board began the process of crafting clean car rules in response to the Trump administration’s rollback of the state’s new gas-car ban — a revocation the state is also fighting in court. In December, the board plans to begin the process of writing new emissions rules for trucks. The automobile association declined to comment on the new rulemaking effort. Patrick Kelly, vice president of energy and environmental affairs for American Trucking Associations, said the group would work with its state affiliate to “respond to specific proposals. “ “More broadly, (our group) supports achievable national standards and opposes a patchwork of state and local standards that Congress sought to avoid,” Kelly wrote in an email. Gov. Gavin Newsom swears in incoming California Air Resources Board Chair Lauren Sanchez on Oct. 1, 2025. Photo courtesy of Office of the Governor Asked by CalMatters whether the new rulemakings could become the vehicle for California to go its own way under Trump, Sanchez, the air board chair, said it’s an option staff is studying. “It’s something that staff is looking into, and I look forward to digging into myself,” Sanchez said. ## **No downside to trying, and some upsides** Even if legal experts like the idea in theory, UC Berkeley’s Dan Farber says California going forward alone is a longshot in practice. “There’s a chance you would win,” Farber said, of the argument that the state could directly regulate greenhouse gas emissions from cars. “You’re buying a lawsuit, but other than litigation expenses, I don’t think there’s much downside in trying to do it.” Farber and others point out that the Trump administration and car and truck manufacturers would almost certainly sue to block state-level efforts to regulate greenhouse gases. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation warned, in comments to the EPA, that if states were not preempted, any unregulated emission “would then become fair game,” creating conflicting standards across the country. Automakers have long argued that letting states write their own climate rules would create a costly patchwork of standards, raising prices for consumers and complicating production for a national market. California is in somewhat of a legal quandary. The Clean Air Act requires California to meet national pollution standards, and the state still has some of the most air-polluted regions in the country. The state’s solutions rely heavily on clean-car and truck rules to meet those requirements. If California falls short, it could lose federal highway funding, a situation that Sanchez called a “no-win, Catch 22.” After decades of regulation and incentives, California has built a reputation as a leader in electric cars, and experts said if the state pushes further on policy, that could help keep California’s clean-car transition alive and its electric-vehicle goals within reach. Nick Nigro, founder of Atlas Public Policy, said California could also risk getting ahead of consumers if it goes it alone. Electric cars proved less popular than policymakers expected when it originally passed its goal to do away with sales of new gas-powered cars. “What is clear is that the program was not overwhelmingly popular amongst the public, even in California, right?” Nigro said. “That’s usually a flag for policymakers.” Craig Segall, an independent consultant and former state air board deputy, said there’s another factor to consider: by preserving demand and infrastructure for EVs, the state could maintain a beachhead for innovation that a future president might build on. With no coherent federal policy to compete in the global EV market, California could again use its regulatory and investment muscle — just as it once did in helping spawn electric car maker Tesla — to push the market forward. “What the feds are basically signaling here is that the field is open for anyone who’s serious about being a competitive car or truck company in five years,” Segall said. “One of those paths is: the world’s fourth largest economy figures out ways to take its manufacturing economic capacity and just plow ahead.” Read more from CalMatters Text Get breaking news on your phone. Download Keep up with the latest via our app. Sign up Receive free updates in your inbox. ## Nonpartisan, independent California news for all We’re CalMatters, your nonprofit and nonpartisan news guide. 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Last week @carb-chair.bsky.social Liane Randolph joined #ClimateWeekNYC to showcase CA’s renewed climate leadership.

As federal leadership stalls, CA is charging ahead—reauthorizing #CapAndInvest, expanding the Western energy market & driving bold climate action.

➡️http://bit.ly/480QaaS

NextGen California Celebrates the Signing of Historic Climate Legislation Including AB 1207 – Cap-and-Invest Extension - NextGen Policy

NextGen is thrilled that @governor.ca.gov signed strong #CapAndInvest legislation that prioritizes bold investments in CA’s climate future, advancing clean energy, electricity affordability & sustainability. 🌎👍 This is what #ClimateLeadership looks like!
💡 Full response: go.nextgenpolicy.org/DS1L

NextGen California’s Climate Solutions Policy Advisors, Jamie Pew and Chloe Ames, with California Governor Gavin Newsom. NextGen California logo.

BIG WIN for CA’s climate! 🚨🎉 ‪ @governor.ca.gov just reauthorized #CapAndInvest, keeping CA on track to achieve our climate goals while also funding wildfire resilience & sustainable transportation. 🌎💪 NextGen thanks Governor Newsom & #CALeg for taking #ClimateAction! #AB1207

Today, Governor Newsom Newsome reauthorized California's #CapandInvest program. Giving💰 back to customers and creating demand for more👷👷‍♀️for the country's clean energy jobs leader.

He also signed #AB825 into law, building a more affordable, clean, and reliable energy market for all Californians.

NextGen California Celebrates Passage of AB 1207 – Cap-and-Invest Extension - NextGen Policy

BIG NEWS 🚨📣 CA just passed landmark climate legislation strengthening #CapAndInvest! This bill will reduce pollution while generating critical money for climate action for the next 20 years, cementing CA’s climate leadership.

👉 Read our full statement here: go.nextgenpolicy.org/joe2

NextGen California Urges Passage of AB 1207 – Cap-and-Invest Extension - NextGen Policy

NEW Statement! 🚨 NextGen responds in support of #AB1207, which will extend #CapAndInvest & help secure an affordable clean energy future for CA.
📣 Read the full statement: go.nextgenpolicy.org/eCbz

Don’t leave billions on the table: Reauthorize & Strengthen Cap & Invest. NextGen California Logo

Join the fight for clean air & a resilient CA! 🌎🌱✊ Tell your state representative to vote yes on #AB1207 to reauthorize & strengthen the #CapAndInvest program! #YesonAB1207

⭐ Take action NOW: go.nextgenpolicy.org/Rc2N

Graphic with a quote from Sacramento resident Cheryl Moore's letter to the editor of the Sacramento Bee that says "Heat pumps save lives, reduce emissions and improve public health," and a photo of a heat pump with flowers near it.

🔥 Even as Sacramento had ten +100ºF days this August, Sacramento resident Cheryl Moore was able to stay safe & cut her ⚡ bill by ~75% because state & local incentives enabled her to install a #HeatPump. This is why she is calling on the #CALeg to fund clean cooling in #CapAndInvest bit.ly/3UTdLm6