The Markets Committee is developing recommendations on common elements needed to guide the proper development and operation of a robust and transparent allowance and offset credit trading market. The Markets Committee is coordinating with other Committees to develop elements for implementing a WCI cap-and-trade program that is effectively similar and that provides a uniform measure of environmental integrity across jurisdictions. The Committee will examine compliance verification and enforcement; oversight of the primary, secondary and derivatives markets; auction design, and tracking systemsand related infrastructure. It will also assess the design and operation of a regional administrative body to support the implementation of the cap-and-trade program.

The Markets Committee has divided its work into the following six tasks and associated deliverables:

Contact information can be found on the Committee Contacts page.

For Markets documents, please refer to the Markets Document Library.