By Julie Cart/CALmatters
A panel of energy experts gave mostly passing marks to California’s landmark climate change law but raised concerns about the cost of implementing additional, more stringent, measures.
In a spirited but cordial debate recently in Bakersfield, lawmakers, regulators and advocates explored the state of play in the decade since the passage of AB32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, and the increasingly complicated tradeoff between renewable energy and fossil fuels.
“It’s wonderful to have ambitious goals, I appreciate that,” said Cathy Reheis-Boyd, president of the Western States Petroleum Assn. “Let’s not forget that these programs and policies — all meritorious — have impacts to the consumer.”
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