Design Recommendations for the WCI Regional Cap-and-Trade Program - Complete Report with Appendices  [122 pp]

Note: Corrections have been issued to the September 23, 2008 version of the Design Recommendations.  The document has been revised and posted here on March 13, 2009.  A summary of the revisions made to the text in Sections 1.2.5, 2.4, and 8.10 is available here.  This corrected document includes the revision previously made on November 10 to include the correct estimates for fuel expenditures in Table B-10 in Appendix B.

French translation: WCI (Francais)

Report by major sections: 

• Section 1: Design Recommendations [14 pp]
• Section 2: Background Report [45 pp]  
• Appendix A: Western Regional Climate Action Initiative Agreement [3 pp]
• Appendix B: Economic Modeling Results [48 pp]
• Appendix C: General Q & A [2 pp]

Supporting materials: September 23, 2008 Press Release