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Low Carbon Fuel Standards (LCFS)

In May 2009, Governor Christine Gregoire issued Executive Order (E.O.) 09-05, Washington's Leadership on Climate Change. E.O. 09-05 directs the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) to assess whether the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) or a modification thereof would best meet Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.

Accordingly, in consultation with Washington Departments of Commerce and Transportation, and with consultant assistance, Ecology will:

• Assess various lower carbon fuel programs and options.
• Assess how those options would align with Washington’s transportation fuel supplies, greenhouse gas reduction targets, and state economic conditions,
• Recommend whether to pursue adoption of a low carbon fuel standard for Washington and what LCFS policies would best fit Washington state.

 The workshops will be held at Ecology headquarters in Lacey, Washington. Please note, the October 23 workshop is cancelled. The next workshop is Fri, Nov 20 (changed from Nov 24). The organization of topics has also changed to better fit the consultant's work schedule. New meeting dates and topics are as follows:

DATE	TOPICS
September 25, 2009	Workshop I: Overall approach and scope of LCFS evaluation Agenda Workplan Presentation: Review of Washington Climate Policy and LCFS Evaluation Methodologies
October 23, 2009	CANCELLED
November 20, 2009	Workshop II: Baseline fuels, estimating low carbon fuel availability, approach to carbon intensity analysis Agenda Presentation: A LCFS For Washington - Informing the Decision Webinar Login
January 19, 2010	Workshop III: Alternative fuel carbon intensities, approach to compliance scenarios
March 25, 2010	Workshop IV: LCFS goals, timing, approach to REMI inputs, carbon intensity adjustments
May 18, 2010	Workshop V: Economic impact analysis inputs, WA investments, administrative issues
June 17, 2010	Workshop VI: Review of draft report

The workshops are intended to provide for an open dialogue and information exchange with interested parties on the many complex topics associated with a LCFS. Ecology will use information gathered via the workshop process to evaluate the main components of an LCFS program and produce a report recommending whether to proceed and what the best LCFS structure would be.

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