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Our Mission:

Our coalition represents large and small businesses that are vital to California’s economy and that provide hundreds of thousands of jobs. Our mission is to be a constructive voice in the process to implement AB 32 (The Global Warming Solutions Act) and ensure that the greenhouse gas emission reductions required under AB 32 are achieved while maintaining the competitiveness of California businesses and protecting the interests of consumers and workers.

AB 32 IG: Six Principles

We advocate that AB 32 be implemented consistent with the following principles:

1. Provide Regulatory Certainty
The Administration and regulators should move swiftly to ensure that companies understand the impact of AB 32 on new investments in the state and receive recognition for energy efficiency projects that save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The regulatory uncertainty that currently exists under AB 32 threatens new investment in California.

2. Adopt Policies that Keep Jobs in California and Achieve Global Emission Reductions (Leakage)
As AB 32 is implemented, agencies must carefully evaluate its impact on California companies to ensure that implementation does not force companies to leave California or expand elsewhere. This outcome would transfer the location of greenhouse emissions rather than actually reduce them.

3. Use Sound Scientific Methods of Review
The AB 32 process should be established through a rigorous, scientifically valid manner subject to an open process that allows adequate time for expert review. This is particularly important in establishing emissions inventories, baselines and allocations.

4. Impose Only Cost-Effective & Technologically Feasible Regulations
AB 32 requires that regulations to reduce emissions must be cost-effective and technologically feasible. Our coalition strongly supports this directive because it helps ensure that AB 32 will not increase costs for consumers, threaten jobs or make California companies uncompetitive.

5. Promote Innovation and Market-Based Strategies
Implementation of AB 32 should emphasize policy choices that promote technological innovation and the efficiency of market-based strategies and that include adequate regulatory certainty, reasonable timelines and permit streamlining.

6. Minimize and Fairly Allocate Compliance Costs
AB 32 implementation should minimize compliance costs and administrative fees to protect California jobs and consumers. Furthermore, the administrative costs of implementing AB 32 should be borne equitably across all sectors.