Number: RL34705
Title: Potential Offset Supply in a Cap-and-Trade Program
Authors: Jonathan L. Ramseur, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: How many offsets would be available as a compliance option if Congress enacted a cap-and-trade program? The first section of this report addresses this question by discussing the multiple variables that help shape offset supply. The second section discusses estimates of offset use within the policy framework of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2008 (S. 2191).
Pages: 17
Date: October 14, 2008