All covered entities must select their compliance option(s) before the start of the annual compliance period. Learn what compliance options are available.
Select your compliance option
Covered entities can select the approach to the carbon intensity (CI) standard that best fits their business practices. The compliance options selection form is in the RFS Compliance Database and allows businesses to make their own selection while also guiding them through the process.
To get started, we have provided some basic questions to help you decide which compliance option is best for your business:
- Do you have a fuel pathway code?
- Do you need to average the CI value, or will you use an absolute CI value?
- Are you working with a fuel importer?
- Are you a wholesale purchaser-consumer?
The answers to these questions, as posed below, will help you identify which of the compliance options is best for your business. However, you can also bypass these questions and make your own selection based on your business needs.
Once you identify the pathway that best suits your needs, you will need to complete a compliance options selection form through the RFS Compliance Database. If you have questions, contact us.
Reporting Requirements
All three compliance options require some level of documentation or reporting. Explore the following links to learn about the reporting requirements and view sample forms and templates: