LPDD

Pathway 6.

Fuel Decarbonization → Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels

6.2.5 Renewable Gas Standards

LPDD Recommendation: “States should consider adopting RPS for gas, requiring a minimum percentage of total supply to be met with biogas, hydrogen, and/or synthetic methane.”

LPDD Model Law: State Renewable Gas Standard

State Legislatures
Model legislation based on California’s proposed SB 687, which would have established a renewable gas standard requiring an average carbon intensity reduction of 1% in 2020, increasing to 10% by 2030.

Oregon’s SB 98

State Legislatures
Creates increasing targets for the use of renewable natural gas in Oregon, moving in steps from 5% in 2020-24 to 30% by 2045-50. 

California SB 1440

State Legislatures
Requires the state’s PUC to consider adopting specific biomethane procurement targets or goals for each gas corporation.

California’s proposed SB 687

State Legislatures
Proposed SB 687 would have established a Renewable Gas Standard requiring an average carbon intensity reduction of one percent in 2020, increasing to 10 percent in 2030.

Report, Design Principles for a Renewable Gas Standard

States and State Governments
ICF published a 2018 white paper exploring the regulatory and policy context for RNG, RNG supply, the costs associated with RNG production, and key considerations in the development of a Renewable Gas Standard. It focused on California.