California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 4 - Regulations to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions › Subarticle 7 - Low Carbon Fuel Standard › Section 95486.1 - Generating and Calculating Credits and Deficits Using Fuel Pathways

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
General
						Calculation of Credits and Deficits Using Fuel Pathways.
LCFS credits
						or deficits for each fuel or blendstock for which a fuel reporting entity is
						the credit or deficit generator will be calculated according to the following
						equations:
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(4) For Fixed Guideway Systems and Forklifts:
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where:
Ei is the energy of the fuel
						  used to propel fixed guideway systems, electric forklifts, and hydrogen fuel
						  cell forklifts. For fixed guideway system expansion beyond 2010, and for
						  electric and hydrogen fuel cell forklifts with model year 2011 or later, the
						  formula for displaced energy in section
						  95486.1(a)(3) may
						  be used with Executive Officer approval.
Table 5. EER Values for Fuels Used in Light- and
						  Medium-Duty, and Heavy-Duty Applications.
Light/Medium-Duty
									 Applications (Fuels used as gasoline
									 replacement)
Heavy-Duty/Off-Road Applications (Fuels used as
									 diesel replacement)
Aviation
									 Applications (Fuels used as jet fuel replacement)
Fuel/Vehicle
								  Combination
EER Values Relative to
								  Gasoline
Fuel/Vehicle
								  Combination
EER Values Relative to
								  Diesel
Fuel/Vehicle
								  Combination
EER Values Relative to
								  Conventional Jet
Gasoline (incl. E6 and E10) Or E85 (and other
								  ethanol blends)
1
Diesel fuel Or Biomass-based diesel
								  blends
1
Alternative Jet Fuel
1
CNG/ICEV
1
CNG or LNG
								  (Spark-Ignition Engines)
0.9
CNG or LNG
								  (Compression-Ignition Engines)
1
Electricity/BEV, or
								  PHEV
3.4
Electricity/BEV or PHEV*
								  Truck or Bus
5.0
Electricity/Fixed Guideway,
								  Heavy Rail
4.6
Electricity/Fixed Guideway,
								  Light Rail
3.3
On-Road Electric
								  Motorcycle
4.4
Electricity/Trolley Bus, Cable Car, Street
								  Car
3.1
Electricity
								  Forklifts
3.8
eTRU
3.4
eCHE
2.7
eOGV
2.6
H2/FCV
2.5
H2/FCV
1.9
H2
								  Fuel Cell Forklifts
2.1
Propane
1.0
Propane
0.9
* BEV = battery electric vehicle, PHEV= plug-in hybrid
						  electric vehicle, FCV = fuel cell vehicle, ICEV = internal combustion engine
						  vehicle.
(b)
Credit
						and Deficit Generation Frequency Using Fuel Pathways.
Unless expressly
						provided elsewhere in this subarticle, credits and deficits for fuel
						transactions reported each quarter will be generated in LRT-CBTS accounts upon
						completion of the reporting period for the given quarter, if all the conditions
						set forth in section
						95486(a)(1) are
						met.
(c)
Calculation of
						Credits for EV Charging Using Fuel Pathways.
(1)
Base Credits to EDUs.
"Base Credit" refers to the credit generated by an EDU for electricity using
						carbon intensity values provided in the Lookup Table pathway for California
						Average Grid Electricity and the credit calculation in 95486.1(a).
(A)
Determining Quantity of
						Electricity.
For calculating base credits to EDUs, the quantity of
						electricity must be determined as follows:
1.
For Non-Metered Residential EV Charging.
The Executive Officer
						will use the following method to calculate the quantity of electricity used for
						non-metered residential charging:
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2. Using the equation in subsection
						1. above, the Executive Officer
						may also calculate, based upon the best data available, the quantity of
						non-metered electricity used in residential EV charging within service areas
						for which the EDU has not opted in or is not eligible to receive base credit
						per section
						95483(c)(1)(A).
						The Executive Officer may then calculate credits generated from this quantity
						of electricity and assign these credits to Large IOUs and Large POUs that are
						eligible to receive base credits.
3.
For Metered Residential EV
						Charging.
The EDU may demonstrate the quantity of electricity for the
						purposes of calculating the base credits for metered charging at residences
						through timely submission of Quarterly Fuel Transaction Reports based on meter
						records.