Low Carbon Fuel Standard

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is designed to decrease the carbon intensity of California's transportation fuel pool and provide an increasing range of low-carbon and renewable alternatives, which reduce petroleum dependency and achieve air quality benefits.
More about this program

Email Updates

Keep up to date with the latest information regarding the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Data Dashboard

Credit Transfer Activity Reports

Quarterly Data Summaries

Pathway Certified Carbon Intensities

Crude Oil Life Cycle Assessment

Life Cycle Analysis Models

Credit Clearance Market

Electricity & Hydrogen Provisions

Utility Rebate Programs

Peer Review

Carbon Capture & Sequestration

Enforcement

Upcoming Deadlines

April 3^rd

Submit final Q4 fuel transactions report; Submit Q4 Crude Oil Reports (MCON Reports)
Annual Fuel Pathway Reports are due to the Executive Officer
Call for credits to be pledged for sale in the Credit Clearance Market (CCM); New Maximum Price for Credits is published

April 30^th

Submit final Annual Compliance Report for preceding year; demonstrate compliance; voluntary pledge of credits for sale into CCM; Annual report for compliance plan implementation due for the entity that has an approved compliance plan
Annual Crude Oil Reports (MCON Reports) are due to the Executive Officer

See the Reporting, Verification & Annual Compliance Calendar for important dates.