by Derek Six | May 6, 2026
Updates for the period ending April 30, 2026
| .CCO 8s-Non-DEBs | Bid 16.00 | Ask 16.75 |
| .CCO 8s-DEBs | Bid 23.50 | Ask 24.00 |
CCO 8s are ARB-issued offsets available for spot delivery and subject to 8 years during which they may be invalidated.
| .CCO 3s- Non-DEBs | Bid 16.25 | Bid 17.00 |
| .CCO 3s- DEBs | Bid 23.75 | Bid 24.25 |
CCO 3s are ARB-issued offsets available for spot delivery and subject to 3 years during which they may be invalidated. The reduction to 3 years is achieved by having a different verifier successfully verify the project the following year.
| .CA Compliance Allowances | Bid 28.15 | Ask 28.25 |
Allowances are the permits entities purchase to emit in CA. Entities can substitute offsets for up to 4% of their total emissions. Prices shown are for the front-month futures contract.
| .CA Floor Price 2026 | 27.94 |
The minimum price at which entities can purchase allowances in 2026.
| .Estimated CA floor price 2027 | 30.14 |
Allowances are the permits entities purchase to emit in CA. Entities can substitute offsets for up to 4% of their total (the minimum price at which entities can purchase allowances in 2027 increases by 5% annually plus CPI-U).
(Bid/Ask Prices are taken from multiple broker quotes for the period ended April 30, 2026. The 2026 CA Floor Price is the regulatory minimum auction price for allowances. The 2027 estimate is based on regulatory rules and ClimeCo’s assumption of inflation in 2026 as measured by the CPI-U index. Green numbers indicate positive changes during the month, red numbers indicate negative changes during the month, and black numbers are unchanged.)
Offset Supply Information:
All CCOs issued to date: 290.30 million
CA and General Market Commentary:
- The CA Air Resources Board released its updated draft of the proposed amendments to the Cap-and-Invest program in April. There is currently a public comment period. The Board is expected to take up this issue at its May 28 meeting.
- Likely a result of the low issuance data reflected below, we are seeing prices for non-DEBs CCOs rising over the past week.
- Issuances of CCOs in April totaled 245,916. We are watching the issuance trends as compared to the same period in previous years to gauge the future available supply of DEBs and Non-DEBs offsets. Issuance volumes so far this year are historically low:
| .Year | Total Issuances YTD |
| .2021 | 5,929,319 |
| .2022 | 2,304,110 |
| .2023 | 2,455,272 |
| .2024 | 5,836,939 |
| 2025 | 1,788,943 |
*Issuance volumes shown are gross volumes and do not reflect credits set aside in the forest buffer pool.
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