MEDIA ADVISORY: CPUC and ARB to announce the California Climate Credit

Media Advisory

Date

March 28, 2014

Release Number

14-24

Contacts

Terri Prosper

Public Information Office

Stanley Young

SACRAMENTO - The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB) will hold a news teleconference to announce the California Climate Credit, which is part of the State of California’s effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and slow global warming.

WHAT:        Teleconference for media

WHEN:    Monday, March 31, 2014, 11 a.m. PST

WHERE:       Teleconference will begin at 11 a.m. PST
                       Dial-in information: 1 (866) 297-6395
                       Confirmation number: 36985858
                       Phone lines will open at 10:50 a.m. PST

WHO:            CPUC President Michael R. Peevey and ARB Chairman Mary D. Nichols

Background: The California Climate Credit is part of California’s efforts to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The credit is from a State government program that requires power plants and other large industries to pay for permits when they put carbon pollution in the air. For more information, click here

CARB is the lead agency in California for cleaning up the air and fighting climate change to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards. Its mission is to promote and protect public health, welfare, and ecological resources through the effective reduction of air and climate pollutants while recognizing and considering effects on the economy.