(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.
(B)
Calculation of Base Credits. The Executive Officer will use
the quantity of electricity as determined in subsection (A) above to calculate
the base credit using the Lookup Table pathway CI value for California Average
Grid Electricity and the credit generation equation provided in section
95486.1(a).
(C) Credits calculated and generated pursuant
to subsection (B) above are exempt from the credit generation requirements
pursuant to sections
95486(a)(2) and
95486.1(b).
(2)
Incremental Credits for
Residential EV Charging. "Incremental Credit" refers to any credits
generated in addition to the base credits generated by an EDU pursuant to
subsection (1)(B) above, for the same electricity, using the calculation in
subsection (2)(B), below.
(A)
Quantity of Electricity.
1.
Non-Metered Residential EV Charging. The Executive Officer
shall use the formula in 95486.1(c)(1)(A) for calculating the quantity of
electricity eligible to generate incremental credits for each residence that
has an electric vehicle that is not separately metered and is shown to receive
low-CI electricity, and is not claimed by another generator of incremental
low-CI electricity credits using metered data.
2.
Metered Residential EV Charging
for Incremental Credits. Any entity generating incremental credit for
metered residential EV charging must supply the quantity of electricity through
timely submission of Quarterly Fuel Transaction Reports based on meter
records.
(B)
Calculation of Incremental Credits. Incremental credits for
residential EV charging, including either low-CI electricity or smart charging,
and incremental credits for smart electrolysis pathways, must be calculated
according to the following equation:
Creditsi(MT)
= (CIgrid average -
CIreported) X Electricity X
C
where:
Creditsi
(MT) is the number of incremental LCFS credits generated (a
zero or positive value), in metric tons, for improvements in carbon intensity
of electricity supplied to residential EV charging or for hydrogen production
using electrolysis compared to the grid-average carbon intensity;
CIgrid average
is the carbon intensity of California Average Grid Electricity pathway
certified by the Executive Officer for a given year, or the applicable region's
average grid electricity for hydrogen imported to California;
CIreported is
the adjusted carbon intensity of electricity, in
gCO2e/MJ, as calculated for a certified Tier 2 pathway
or a Lookup Table pathway, including smart charging or smart electrolysis
pathways;
Electricity is the total quantity of
either low-CI electricity supplied for EV charging, or electricity supplied for
smart charging or smart electrolysis and reported by hourly windows, in MJ,
determined from the energy density conversion factors in Table 4; and
C is a factor used to convert credits
to units of metric tons from gCO2e and has the value
of:
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(d)
Calculation of Credits for
Non-Residential EV Charging Using Fuel Pathways. The base and
incremental framework does not apply to non-residential EV charging. Only one
entity per FSE may claim credits for non-residential metered EV charging.
(1) An entity may generate credits for
Non-Residential EV charging using a carbon intensity for California Average
Grid Electricity, Zero-CI Electricity, or Smart Charging pathway from the
Lookup Table in section
95488.5, or a carbon intensity
value certified through the Tier 2 pathway application process, and the credit
calculation in 95486.1(a).
(e)
Calculation of Credits for Other
Electricity used as Transportation Fuel Using Fuel Pathways. An entity
may generate credits for the non-EV charging applications listed in sections
95483(c)(3) to
(6), which use electricity to displace
conventional transportation fuel, using a carbon intensity for California
Average Grid Electricity or Zero-CI Electricity from the Lookup Table 7-1 in
section
95488.5, or a carbon intensity
value certified through the Tier 2 pathway application process, and the credit
calculation in 95486.1(a).
(f)
Calculation of Credits for Hydrogen Using Fuel Pathways.
(1) An entity may generate credits for
hydrogen used as a transportation fuel using a carbon intensity for hydrogen
found in the Lookup Table in section
95488.5, or a carbon intensity
value certified through the Tier 2 pathway application process, and the credit
calculation in 95486.1(a).
(2)
Smart Electrolysis Pathways for Hydrogen Production. An entity
can generate incremental credits, in addition to credits generated under a
pathway for electrolytic hydrogen produced using average grid electricity, for
hydrogen using smart electrolysis pursuant to section
95488.5 and the incremental credit
calculation in section
95486.1(c)(2)(B).
