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Oregon SB 803 Assessment
February 23, 2023
Introduction In late January of 2023, Senate Bill 803 was introduced into the Oregon state Senate.[1] If the bill were to pass, it would require all diesel sold in the Portland metropolitan area (Clackamas, Washington, and Multnomah counties) to meet a carbon intensity of 60 gCO2e/MJ after January 1, 2026, and impose the same requirement in...
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Greening Oregon’s Diesel Pool: Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel Supply
February 22, 2023
(Updated on February 24, 2023 with the latest Oregon CFP quarterly data.) Since the start of the Clean Fuels Program (CFP), the share of renewables in Oregon’s diesel pool has grown. As can be seen in the figure below, biodiesel (BD) is the dominant renewable fuel in the diesel pool. Source: Oregon DEQ We don’t...
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California Gasoline Supply to Arizona and Nevada
February 22, 2023
Why do California refineries produce gasoline for California specifications and supply, along with gasoline for the Arizona and Nevada markets? To understand how the California/Arizona/Nevada supply chain works, you first must understand the U.S. PADD distribution system. PADD is an acronym for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. They are geographic aggregations of the 50 states...
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New Mexico Clean Fuel Standard – Take Two!
February 21, 2023
Note: This post was edited on February 12, 2024 to update and elaborate on our calculations/methodology. In the U.S., several programs aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of energy of fuels used in transportation. California, Oregon, and Washington all have low carbon fuel standard (LCF) style programs, one Canadian Province (British Columbia)...
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Refinery Survivability
February 8, 2023
With the implementation of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) and the Advanced Clean Truck regulations, California has mandated that all new sales of light-duty vehicles sold in California be 100% zero emissions vehicles (ZEVs) by 2035 and an increasing percentage of new medium-heavy-duty truck sales be ZEV by 2045. How will this...
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Just how much “reserve” does the SPR have and what’s it for?
February 8, 2023
You may have seen a lot of news lately about fuel prices and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Here, we take a look at the origins of the SPR, the purpose of it and some of the potential challenges moving forward. Another 70s Throwback Following the 1973 oil embargo, President Ford signed the Energy...
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