This repository contains the code, data, and outputs for the Environmental Markets Lab (emLab) analysis on "Using California’s Cap-and-Trade Revenue to Lower Electricity Prices."
The full set of materials—including the executive summary, full report, interactive tool, and emLab's website—are available below:
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code/
Contains all scripts used to set up the analysis and run robustness checks. Key scripts include data processing and modeling routines. -
data/
Contains input datasets used by the code, includingraw_data_prep.R, which builds the initial working database from raw inputs. -
plots/
Stores the figures generated during the analysis, including those used in the final report and supplementary materials.
This analysis models the impact of allocating California’s Cap-and-Trade revenue to reduce residential electricity rates. The model estimates price impacts across customer groups (e.g., all customers, CARE, summer-only) and utilities. Please see report for more details.