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Policy

A Puzzle in the 4Q2025 LCFS Data: Tightening Market, Soft Prices

May 11, 2026

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released fourth-quarter 2025 data for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) on April 30, 2026. The data show the program’s recent stringency increase doing what it was designed to do: shrinking the credit bank. Yet LCFS credit prices, which would typically respond to a tightening market, have stayed soft....

Presentations

Pulling in Opposite Directions: Federal Policy, State Programs & the Impact on Transportation ​Fuel Markets

May 11, 2026

On April 22, 2026, Stillwater’s President, Megan Boutwell, presented “Pulling in Opposite Directions: Federal Policy, State Programs, & the Impact on Transportation Fuel Markets” at the Transportation Energy Institute 2026 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas. The presentation examined the growing divide between accelerating state-level carbon reduction programs and shifting federal policy priorities, and how...

Policy

The four archetypes of low carbon fuel credit markets

May 5, 2026

Credit generators operating under British Columbia’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (BC-LCFS) or Canada’s Clean Fuel Regulations (CFR) often use the California LCFS (CA-LCFS) as a benchmark. The three programs create credit markets that differ significantly in liquidity, price transparency, and participant depth due to the structural features of each regime including scale, regulatory design, participant...

Policy

Making Sense of PEV Gasoline Reductions: A 2026 Perspective

April 28, 2026

Bottom Line Up Front: Plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs),[1] while a meaningful contributor to California gasoline demand reduction, are not the primary driver of that decline. Across all three scenarios modeled, PEVs account for less than two percentage points of a projected 7.3% total decline in California gasoline sales by 2033; fuel economy improvements, shifting travel...

Economics

Diesel’s GHG Reduction Success Story: How California’s Second-Biggest Transportation Fuel Emissions Source Is Ahead of Schedule

April 7, 2026

This is the third in a series of articles examining California’s transportation fuels progress toward the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets set by the 2022 Scoping Plan. The first article – Mind the Gap: Transportation Emissions vs. California’s 2022 Scoping Plan Pathway – provided background and an overview of how the transportation sector has performed...

Economics

SAF Accounting, SAF Registries, and the “Truth” of the Market

April 2, 2026

A fragmented registry landscape, unresolved ESG reporting questions, and a persistent gap between intent and integrity – can the voluntary SAF market build the trust it needs to scale? This is the second article in a three-part series. You can view the first article here: Beyond regulation: navigating the global voluntary market for SAF The...
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