Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program is a state-level standard designed to shift transportation fuels away from high-carbon petroleum. The 2009 Oregon Legislature passed HB 2186 authorizing the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission to adopt rules to reduce the average carbon intensity of Oregon’s transportation fuels by 10 percent over a 10-year period. The 2015 Oregon Legislature passed SB 324 allowing DEQ to fully implement the Clean Fuels Program beginning in 2016. The rules for CFP can be found in Oregon Administrative Rules Chapter 340 Division 253. The program focuses on the carbon-intensity of fuels, measuring in life-cycle emissions.
In March 2020, Oregon Governor Brown signed Executive Order 20-04, which doubles the goal of the Clean Fuels Program, directing the program to reduce emissions by 20% by 2030 and 25% by 2035.