California Air Resources Board

Guidance Documents

• LCFS Guidance 22-02 (March 25, 2022; updated Feb. 12, 2024): Carbon Intensity and Credit Adjustments Associated with 2023 Annual Fuel Pathway Reports
• LCFS Guidance 22-01 (Revised) (July 22, 2024): General reporting guidance for the 2023 Annual Reports. 
• LCFS Guidance 20-06 (Revised) (May 24, 2024): Crude Oil Innovative Method Application-Solar or Wind Generated Electricity
• Draft LCFS Guidance 20-05 (April 2020): Redaction of Confidential Business Information
• LCFS Guidance 20-04 (Revised September 2020): Requesting EER-Adjusted Carbon Intensity Using a Tier 2 Pathway Application
• LCFS Guidance 20-03 (January 2022): Electricity Credit Proceeds Spending Requirements
  • Supplemental Information Reporting Template (March 2022)
• LCFS Guidance 20-02 (February 2020): Joint Applicants for Fuel Pathway Applications
• LCFS Guidance 20-01 (February 2020): Fuel Production Facility and Intermediate Facility Registration in the Alternative Fuels Portal
• LCFS Guidance 19-09 (December 2019): Quarterly Fuel Transactions Reporting Requirements for Transitioning Liquid Fuel Pathways from CA-GREET2.0 to CA GREET3.0
  • Legacy and New FPC Crosswalk Table (January 10, 2020)
• LCFS Guidance 19-08 (July 2019): Fuel Pathway Allocation for Produced Fuel and Quarterly Fuel Transactions Reporting
• LCFS Guidance 19-07 (Revised December 2019): CARB Review and Approval of Third Party Reviewers for CCS Projects
• LCFS Guidance 19-06 (Revised October 2019): Determining Carbon Intensity of Dairy and Swine Manure Biogas to Electricity Pathways
• LCFS Guidance 19-05 (Revised February 2024): Reporting and Recordkeeping for Natural Gas and Book-and-Claim Accounting for Biomethane
• LCFS Guidance 19-04 (Revised September 2022): Fueling Supply Equipment Registration
  • eCHE_eOGV_eTRU_Forklift_Equipment_Detail Template (July 15, 2024)
  • EDU_VIN_Submission_Non-metered_Incremental_Credit Template (May 17, 2019)
  • LCFS_FSE_Registration Template (March 25, 2021)
• LCFS Guidance 19-03 (Revised June 2019): Reporting for Incremental Credits for Residential EV Charging
  • LCFS Registered FSE for Non-Residential EV Charging LCFS Registered FSE for Non-Residential EV Charging (Aug 15, 2024 – next update before Nov 8, 2024)
• LCFS Guidance 19-02 (Revised December 2019): Cost and Revenue Reporting for Infrastructure Pathways
  • Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure Cost and Revenue Reporting Template (December 2019)
  • DC Fast Charging Infrastructure Cost and Revenue Reporting Template (September 2022)
• LCFS Guidance 19-01 (Revised October 2023): Book-and-Claim Accounting for Low-CI Electricity
• Draft Regulatory Guidance 17-02 (April 2017): Methodology for Determining Electricity Consumption of Electric Forklifts
  • Electric Forklift EDU and Population Reporting Template (June 2022)
• Regulatory Guidance 16-03 (May 2016): Guidance on Exemption for Fuel Used in Interstate Locomotives
• Air Quality Guidance for Siting Biorefineries (November 28, 2011)
• Link to Register for the LCFS Reporting Tool and Credit Tracking (LRT-CBTS) System and Alternative Fuel Portal (AFP)
• Link to Substitute Pathways and Default Blend Levels for LCFS Reporting for Specific Fuel Transaction Types

User Guides

• Application Instructions for Smart Charging Lookup Table Pathway (October 18, 2019) 
• Application Instructions for Hydrogen Refueling Infrastructure Pathway (updated August 21, 2020) 
  • HRI Application Template (February 11, 2019)
• Application Instructions for Direct Current Fast Charging Infrastructure Pathway (updated August 21, 2020) 
  • New FCI Application Template (March 3, 2023): Please see section 4 (page 10) in the above instructions to learn how to submit the application
• LRT-CBTS User Guide has been updated for: 
  • Registration (chapter 2)  (March 2019)
  • Credit Transfers (chapter 5) (March 2019)
  • FSE Registration (Appendix C) (June 2019)
• AFP User Guide (April 2022)
• LRT Verification User Guide (Updated April 3, 2024)
• LCFS Verification On-Line Tool User Guide (August 2024)

Frequently Asked Questions

• Reporting Requirement for School Buses (November 29, 2021)
• Methodology for non-metered base credits (February 13, 2023) with (VIN decoder and data updated May 6, 2024)
• Zero Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Crediting Overview (August 19, 2021)
• Methodology for Electric Forklift Charging Claimed by Electrical Distribution Utilities (September 20, 2021)
• Annual Reporting and Verification (May 26, 2021)
• Credit Generation for Reduction of Methane Emissions from Manure Management Operations (Revised September 2020)
• Reporting Type 3 Credit Transfer in the LCFS Reporting and Credit Banking and Transfer System (LRT-CBTS) (September 2020)
• Effective Date for LCFS 2019 Amendments (Revised April 2020)
• Accreditation Requirements for Third-Party Verifiers for LCFS (September 2019)
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project Eligibility (Updated October 2022)
• Eligibility of Electric Cargo Handling Equipment (CHE) for LCFS Credit Generation (May 2019)