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One of the biggest sticking points in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) has been the question of "Scope" -- which emissions get included in the cap and trade program. Most public interest organizations argue for a broad cap that includes all the major sources of emissions that can be reliably measured and regulated. (Sightline's argued this here, here, here, and here.) And the biggest source of emssions, of course -- the biggest by far -- is transportation fuel.

Somewhat surprisingly, the debate about including petroleum is not a greens versus businesses standoff. In truth, most of the participating businesses and utilities are on the same page about Scope: they want it to be comprehensive. But this important agreement gets too often overlooked.

So, I'm setting the record straight here with a list of Western utilities and businesses already on record for a genuinely economy-wide cap (i.e. one that includes transportation fuels):

Alcoa, Boise Cascade, Chelan County Public Utility District, Clark Public Utilities, Florida Power & Light, Grant County Public Utility District, Independent Energy Producers Association, Industrial Customers of Northwest Utilities, Oregon Business Association , Oregon Forest Industries Council, Oregon Municipal Electric Utilities Association, Oregon’s Public Utility Commission, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Pacific Northwest Generating Cooperative, Portland General Electric, Oregon's Public Power Council, Puget Sound Energy, Sempra Energy, Southern California Edison, Tucson Electric Power Company, Washington Public Utility Districts Association, WEST Associates Members (including Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Arizona Public Service, Colorado Springs Utilities, Idaho Power Company, Basin Electric Power Coop, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Pacificorp, Platte River Power Authority, Xcel Energy/PSCo, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Salt River Project, Sierra Pacific Power, Southern California Edison, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, and Tucson Electric Power), and Weyerhaeuser. [You can find their written comments here, here, and here.]