LCFS Program & Credit Market Overview The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is one of several programs created under AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the state. AB 32 was the first U.S....
The Canadian Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) program, enabled under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, is designed to reduce vehicle emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by reducing the average carbon intensity (CI) of transportation fuels used in Canada. The...
SHIFT Program Overview Hawaii is the fifth U.S. state and first island jurisdiction to adopt a low carbon fuel (LCF) program. Both chambers of the Legislature passed SB2999 (Conference Draft 1) on May 6, 2026, and Governor Josh Green signed it into law on July 15,...
CTFP Program and Credit Market Overview New Mexico’s Clean Transportation Fuel Program (CTFP) is the fourth low carbon fuel (LCF) program adopted in the United States and the first to operate outside the Pacific coast. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed House Bill...
The Washington State Clean Fuel Standard (CFS), signed into law in May 2021 via HB 1091, was modeled after California and Oregon’s low carbon fuel (LCF) programs. Like California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (CFP), the Washington...
Oregon Clean Fuels Program (CFP) Overview Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program (CFP) was initiated in 2009 when the legislature passed HB 2186, empowering the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) to “adopt by rule low carbon fuel standards for gasoline, diesel and...
2026 has been busy legislatively with the introduction or continued consideration of low-carbon fuel (LCF) program proposals in eight state legislatures and two additional states pondering the introduction of such bills. Below is a list of all active LCF programs in...
The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program was created under the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and amended and expanded by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA). The RFS is a national statute, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...
Situated on the Canadian Pacific Coast and primarily west of the Rocky Mountains, the Province of British Columbia (B.C.) has a diverse geography. Nearly half of the province’s estimated population of 5.7 million lives in the Vancouver metropolitan area. Population...
Programs like the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) and other state low carbon fuel (LCF) programs drive demand for the growing supply of low-carbon fuels in the U.S. Likewise, renewable fuel regulations analogous European...