Real-life Repercussions Confront Lawmakers Haggling over Cap-and-Trade Program’s Future  
Los Angeles Times (August 17, 2016)
Assemblyman Brian Dahle of Bieber, whose northern district is home to Burney Forest Power, also had a sense of urgency. The Republican, who does not support the state’s climate program, proposed a bill last year that would direct some of the cap-and-trade money to help offset the operating costs for biomass plants, hoping to stave off a shutdown. He thought his bill aligned with California’s pollution-reduction goals by supporting a renewable way to generate electricity, and through reducing the risk of a catastrophic wildfire by clearing out the state’s large number of dead trees. One year later, his bill has languished in the Legislature, trapped in the budgeting black hole of cap-and-trade.