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LCFS Workgroups
This page last reviewed December 30, 2012
The Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulation was aproved by the Board on April 23, 2009 and became law on January 12, 2010. The Resoutuion 09-31 directed the ARB staff to establish several workgroups to address the issues that raised by the stakeholders during the rulemaking process.
LCFS Expert Workgroup (EWG)
To address the indirect land use change (iLUC) of the biofuels. The first meeting was held on February 26, 2010 and monthly thereafter to identify the subjects and workplans. For more information, see the EWG websiteLCFS Program Review Advisory Panel
Created to assist staff in assessing the efficacy of LCFS Program implementation. For more information, see the Advisory Panel website.LCFS Reporting Tool Workgroup (LRT)
1) Development of the Compliance Tools and Enforcement Protocol for the LCFS such as tracking, certification, and enforcement of fuels and fuel feedstock of LCFS.- March 3, 2011: LCFS physical and fuel pathway codes updated (XLS)
- January 25, 2011: LCFS physical and fuel pathway codes updated (XLS)and LCFS Report Schema v.7 (XSD)
- January 19, 2011: LCFS physical and fuel pathway codes updated (XLS)
- December 23, 2010: The LCFS RT will be updated with a new build o n Thursday, Dec. 23. Version 2.1.;See the screenshot of the anual report (PDF) and email notice (PDF)
- November 10, 2010: Public Release of the Low Carbon Fuel Standar d Reporting Tool for Official Reporting. The LCFS RT Production v.2.0 is available.
- October 1, 2010: Upcoming Changes to LCFS Reporting Too (PDF)
- August 31, 2010: LCFS Reporting Tool User Guide v1.0 (PDF) and Fuel Pathway Codes (XLSX)
- August 23, 2010:LCFS Reporting Tool System Demo - Recorded Webcast
- Proposed meeting dates August 23 to 25, 2010: LCFS Reporting Tool - User Acceptance Testing. See the meeting notice (PDF)
- July 31, 2010: Two new websites regarding the Biofuel Registration: Biofuel Facility Registration and Carbon Intensities (CIs) and Other Information from Registered Biofuel Facilities
- March 1, 2010: Revised LCFS Biofuel Producers Registration Form to address computer technical issues for biodiesel registration (XLS-750kb).
- February 2, 2010: Revised LCFS Biofuel Producers Registration Form is avalalbl e to register facilities that produce ethanol or biomass-based diesel (XLS-750kb). Attachment: Example - Initial Demonstration of Physical Pathway (PDF-204k)
- January 21, 2010: Working Group Meeting to dicuss the LCFS Reporting Tool. For more information...
- January 12, 2010: Draft version of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard Biofuel Producers Registration Form (XLS-748k). Please submit comments to Susan Solarz by January 25, 2010.
- August 26, 2009: LCFS Compliance and Reporting Tool (CRT) System Working Grou p Meeting to review the mockup screens and discuss the technical details for the reporting and credit tracking pages. For more information...
- January 20, 2011: LCFS Report Schema v.7 (XSD), Diesel Fuel Q4 v.7 sample (XML), Corn Ethanol Q4 v.7 sample (XML)
- August 25, 2010: Two sample XML files: XML Upload File (XML-3k), XML Upload File with Error (XML-3k)
- August 13, 2010: LCFS Reporting Tool XSD v.6_08132010 (XSD-4k)
- August 2, 2010: New version of LCFS Report Schema v.6 (XSD-4k)
- December 14, 2009: Sample XML and XSD files for Compliance Tool: Regulated Party Report 1 (XML-6k), Regulated Party Report 2 (XML-5k), Regulated Party Report BAD (XML-6k) and LCFS Report Schema v.5 (XSD-4k)
LCFS Sustainability Workgroup (SWG)
The Board directed staff to work with stakeholders to develop sustainability provisions fo r the LCFS and bring recommendations back to the Board by December 2011. For more information see the SWG website.LCFS Electricity Workgroup
The Electricity Workgroup was created to address issues related to regulated parties of electricity as a transportation fuel. The Board directed staff at the April 2009 hearing to form the workgroup w ith stakeholders and continue to work to review applicable provisions.- November 7, 2012: LCFS Electricity Workgroup meeting. For more information contact Carolyn Lozo at (916) 445-1104.
- July 11, 2011: LCFS Electricity Workgroup meeting. For more information contact Carolyn Lozo at (916) 445-1104.
LCFS High Carbon Intensities Crude Oil (HCICO) Screening Workgroup
The Board directed staff to prepare guidelines to assist regulated parties in determining carbon intensity values for new or modified fuel pathways.- February, 17, 2011: Sixth Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
- September 9, 2010: Fifth Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
- July 14, 2010: Fourth Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
- June 16, 2010: Third Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
- May 6, 2010: Second Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
- March 29, 2010: First Crude Oil Screening Workgroup Meeting. For more information...
Lifecycle Analysis Workgroup (LCA)
Investigation of the lifecycle of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gases of available transportation fue l pathways (so called Well-to-Wheel or WTW) including Sustainability, Land Use Conversion, Fuel Co-products, Default Values, Uncertainty, etc.)Detailed
California-Modified GREET Pathway for Transportation Fuels:
| Fuels Pathways | Version 1 | Version 2 | Version 2.1 | Version 2.x | Version 3.0 |
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| CARBOB (California Gasoline Blendstock) | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-657k) | Jan 12, 2009 (PDF-365k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-434k) | Sep 12, 2012 Supplement (PDF) |
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| CaRFG (California Reformulated Gasoline) | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-271k) | Jan 12, 2009 (PDF- 96k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-99k) | Sep 12, 2012 Supplement (PDF) |
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| ULSD (California Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel) | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-675k) | Jan 12, 2009 (PDF-358k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-596k) | Sep 12, 2012 Supplement (PDF) |
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| Corn Ethanol | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-835k) | Jan 20, 2009 (PDF-459k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-461k) | |
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| Sugarcane Ethanol (from Brazil) | Jan 12, 2009 (PDF-177k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-223k) | July
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| Cellulosic Ethanol (from Farmed Trees) | Jan 20, 2009 (PDF-324k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-352k) | |
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| Cellulosic Ethanol (from Forest Waste) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-411k) | |
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| Biodiesel (from Soybean) | Oct 3, 2008 (PDF-148k) | Jan 20, 2009 (PDF-278k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-306k) | |
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| Renewable Diesel (from Soybean) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-285k) | |
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| Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) from North American Natural Gas (NA NG) | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-580k) | Jan 12, 2009 (PDF-490k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-572k) | |
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| CNG (from Landfill Gas) | Oct 3, 2008 (PDF-151k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-196k) | |
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| Electricity (Average and Marginal California Mix) | Apr 22, 2008 (PDF-682k) | Jan 20, 2009 (PDF-305k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-295k) | |
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| Hydrogen (Gaseous Hydrogen from NA NG) | Jul 29, 2008 (PDF-148k) | Jan 20, 2009 (PDF-160k) | Feb 27, 2009 (PDF-243k) | |
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| Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from NA NG and Remote NG | July 20, 2009 (PDF-200k) | Sep 23, 2009 (PDF-204k) | |
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| LNG (from Landfill Gas) | July 20, 2009 (PDF-235k) | Sep 23, 2009 (PDF-230k) | |
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| LNG (from Dairy Digester Biogas) | July 20, 2009 (PDF-125k) | Sep 23, 2009 (PDF-129k) | |
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| Biodiesel (from Used Cooking Oil) | July 20, 2009 (PDF-215k) | Sep 23, 2009 (PDF-206k) | |
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| Renewable Diesel (from Tallow) | July 20, 2009 (PDF-200k) | Sep 23, 2009 (PDF-277k) | |
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| CNG (from Dairy Digester Gas) | July 20, 2009 (PDF-144k) | |
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| Biodiesel (Northern American Canola to Biodiesel plants in U.S.) | December 14, 2010 (PDF) | |
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| Biodiesel (from Corn Oil from Dry Mill Ethanol Plant) | December 14, 2011 (PDF) | |
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| Ethanol (Sorghum from Midwest) | December 14, 2010 (PDF) | December 28, 2010 (PDF) | |
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| Biomethane (from High Solids Anaerobic Digestion (HSAD) of Organic Wastes) | June 28, 2012 (PDF) |
- January 25, 2010:The GTAP-SOY customized for Midwest soybeans (ZIP-4,910k) and supporting documentation (PDF-29k)
- January 20, 2010: Methods 2A and 2B - Draft Establishing New Fuel Pathways under the California LCFS Procedures and Guidelines for Regulated Parties (PDF-164k)
- December 15, 2009: California-GREET Model version 1.8b (modified by Life Cycle Associates) (XLS-15.7Mb)
- December 15, 2009: The GTAP-SOY customized for Midwest soybeans (ZIP-4,152k) and supporting documentation (PDF-29k)
- August 5, 2009: Draft - Establishing New Fuel Pathways Under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard
- February 2009:Estimated Carbon Intensity for Renewable Diesel from Tallow (XLS-69k)
- February 2009:GTAP model and modeling files: Corn Ethanol and Soy Biodiesel (ZIP-5,246k) , and Sugarcane Ethanol (ZIP-4,864k)
- February 2009: Updated California-GREET Model version 1.8b (modified by Life Cycle Associates LLC) (XLS-15.36Mb)
- June 30, 2008: Draft Calculation of Land Use Change for Bio-fuels production utilize d GTAP model (Global Trade Analysis Project) by University of California - Berkeley (XLS-1mb)
- March 18, 2008:GREET Seminar presented by Michael Wang from Argonne National Laboratory. For more information...
Policy and Regulatory Workgroup
Examination and Recommendations of the appropriate Policy and Regulatory frameworks for LC FS Program in accordance to the California Legislature mandates and Governor's Executive Orders.- January 29, 2009: Revisions to the Draft LCFS Regulation (PDF-110k)
- December 1, 2008: Changes to the Draft Regulation for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (PDF-196k) (as of December 1, 2008)
- October 2008: The Draft Regulation LCFS (PDF-200k)
- March 20, 2008: Proposed Concept Outline for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Regulation (PDF- 186k)
Environmental and Economic Workgroup
- December 2008: Proposed Economic (PDF-35k) and Environmental Analysis Workplans for the LCFS.
