A Distributional Analysis of the Federal Fuel Charge under the 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan - Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

This report provides a distributional analysis of the federal fuel charge under the Government’s 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan.

April 17 2024: Estimates of household net costs incorporating “fiscal and economic impacts” reflect the broad economic impact of federal-equivalent carbon pricing—that is, the economic impact of the fuel charge and output-based pricing system (OBPS).

April 17 2024: Distributional analysis of carbon pricing (Additional Analysis)

March 24 2022: A Distributional Analysis of Federal Carbon Pricing under A Healthy Environment and A Healthy Economy (Report)

July 4, 2024: Text in the March 30, 2023 version of this report was revised to ensure consistency with the economic impact of federal-equivalent carbon pricing (that is, the fuel charge and output-based pricing system). Estimates of economic impacts and household costs have not been revised.