British Columbia Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Act

British Columbia’s Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Act initially mandated fuel suppliers in B.C. to sell gasoline and diesel containing 5% and 4% percent renewable fuels, respectively, by 2010. The standard allows the provincial government to set thresholds for the carbon intensity of fuels, taking into account their entire carbon footprint. The Ministry of Energy established a further schedule of reductions that reduced the carbon intensity of the transportation fuel mix in B.C. by 10% by 2020 relative to 2010. The government estimates that between 2010 and 2018, the release of over 9.17 million tons of CO2-e emissions was avoided under the regulation.