## Calculation of % standards for annual rulemaking

All volumes in bill gal except for cellulosic which is in mill gal Calendar year:2015 Volume % standards RFVCB 

### Cellulosic biofuel required volume 123 0.069% RFVBBD 

### Biomass-based diesel required volume 1.77 1.49% RFVAB 

### Advanced required volume 2.88 1.62% RFVRF 

### Total renewable fuel required volume 16.93 9.52%
G Gasoline consumption in 48 contiguous states + Hawaii 139.38 RG Renewables contained in G 13.81 GS Gasoline consumption in Alaska or territories, if they have opted in 0 RGS Renewables contained in GS 0 GE Gasoline produced by exempt small refineries and small refiners 0.00
D Diesel consumption in 48 contiguous states + Hawaii 54.05 RD Renewables contained in D 1.76 DS Diesel consumption in Alaska or territories, if they have opted in 0 RDS Renewables contained in DS 0 DE Diesel produced by exempt small refineries and small refiners 0.00

### Gasoline projections

50-state gasoline consumption (E0 + E10 + E15 + E85) 50-state ethanol consumption (denatured ethanol) Table 4a of the STEO, "Motor Gasoline" consumption Table 4a of the STEO, "Fuel Ethanol blended into Motor Gasoline" consumption Version of STEO:Oct, 2015 Version of STEO:Oct, 2015

Days per monthMill barrels per day Mill barrelsMill barrels per day January 31 8.717851 26.32 0.849054452 February 28 8.650414 24.36 0.870000571 March 31 9.055091 27.61 0.890683419 April 30 9.139101 26.46 0.881974 May 31 9.250578 28.80 0.929062129 June 30 9.390531 28.35 0.944912333 July 31 9.438051 28.89 0.931910258 August 31 9.435741936 28.69 0.925632961 September 30 9.0674874 27.49 0.916493585 October 31 9.212605 28.00 0.9032604 November 30 8.932964 26.51 0.8835718 December 31 8.99432 27.77 0.8957462 Total mill barrels per day 9.11 0.90 Total mill barrels 3,325 329 Total mill gallons 139,665 13,829

Alaska gasoline consumption (E0 + E10 + E15 + E85) Alaska ethanol consumption (denatured ethanol)
Total mill barrels 6.70 0.55 Total mill gallons 281 23

## Diesel projections

50-state diesel consumption (diesel + biodiesel) 50-state biodiesel consumption Source: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/query/ Table 8 of STEO Date of query:10/6/2015 Version of STEO:Oct, 2015

Days per monthMill barrels per day Quadrillion BtuMill barrels January 31 3.55 0.0083 1.56 February 28 3.71 0.0125 2.34 March 31 3.57 0.0135 2.51 April 30 3.73 0.0161 3.00 May 31 3.63 0.0192 3.58 June 30 3.74 0.0225 4.19 July 31 3.76 0.0212 3.95 August 31 3.67 0.0223 4.17 September 30 3.71 0.0194 3.63 October 31 3.89 0.0236 4.40 November 30 3.58 0.0235 4.39 December 31 3.57 0.0230 4.30 Total mill barrels per day 3.68 0.12 Total mill barrels 1,342 42 Total mill gallons 56,344 1,764

Ocean-going vessels Total mill barrels per day 0.13 Source: Letter from EIA Total mill barrels 47 Total mill gallons 1,993

## Consumption of gasoline and diesel in Alaska

Source: http://www.eia.gov/state/seds/seds-data-complete.cfm?sid=US#Consumption State Energy Data System (SEDS): 1960-2013 (Complete) Consumption / Full Reports & Data Files / All Consumption Estimates / in Physical Units / CSV Release date: 7/24/2015 Year that the data represents: 2013 Date of query: 8/14/2015

Thousand barrels
Distillate fuel oil consumed by the transportation sectorBiodieselMotor gasoline total consumptionFuel ethanol, including denaturant, total consumption MSN code (mneumonic series name) DFACP MGTCP ENTCP Alaska ("AK") 5,550 0 6,505 528 50 states ("US") 1,023,488 42,007 3,227,689 314,658

Fraction of nationwide gasoline which is consumed in Alaska 0.002015 Fraction of nationwide denatured ethanol which is consumed in Alaska 0.001678 Fraction of nationwide diesel which is consumed in Alaska 0.005423 Fraction of nationwide biodiesel which is consumed in Alaska 0.000000

## Total gasoline energy consumption nationwide minus Alaska
Million barrelsQuadrillion Btu Raw gasoline2,990 15.61 Ethanol 329 1.17 Total gasoline3,319 16.78

Volume (mill gal)Ethanol volume (mill gal)Energy (Quad Btu) E0 0 0 0.000 E10 139,427 13,943 16.783 E15 0 0 0.000 E85 0 0 0.000 Total 139,427 13,943 16.783
Overall gasoline ethanol content = 10.00%

Factors 

### Btu/galmillion Btu per barrel Ethanol 84,714 3.558 Gasoline 124,333 5.222