OAR 340-253-0200: Regulated and Clean Fuels

(1) Applicability. In-state producers, out-of-state producers that have voluntarily registered under 340-253-0100(c)(1), and importers of transportation fuels listed in this rule, unless the fuel is exempt under OAR 340-253-0250, are subject to this division. (2) Regulated fuels include: (a) Gasoline; (b) Diesel; (c) Ethanol; (d) Biodiesel; (e) Renewable hydrocarbon diesel; (f) Any blends or constituents of the above fuels; (g) Fuels listed in section (2), beginning in the year specified and thereafter; and (h) Any other liquid or non-liquid transportation fuel not listed in section (4). (3) Transition from clean fuels to regulated fuels. As the Clean Fuel Standards decrease, the following fossil fuels that were clean fuels in the initial years of the program will begin generating deficits and become regulated fuels in the year specified and thereafter: (a) Fossil CNG in 2026; (b) Fossil L-CNG in 2022; (c) Fossil LNG in 2022; (d) Fossil LPG in 2029; (4) Clean fuels include: (a) Bio-based CNG; (b) Bio-based L-CNG; (c) Bio-based LNG; (d) Electricity; (e) Fossil CNG prior to 2026; (f) Fossil L-CNG prior to 2022; (g) Fossil LNG prior to 2022; (h) Hydrogen or a hydrogen blend; (i) Fossil LPG prior to 2029; (j) Renewable LPG, and (k) Alternative jet fuel.