Economic analysis of California’s AB32

For the Union of Concerned Scientists, Brattle prepared a report assessing the economic impact of California’s climate legislation (AB32) on small businesses. The report used a statistical and case study approach to assess the impact of AB32-related energy cost increases on the costs of small businesses. The report concluded that for the large majority of small businesses in California, the direct impacts of AB32 would be quite small and easily passed on to customers through very small price increases.