# California’s Latest LCFS Proposed Changes Add Clarity

> California Air Resources Board released a Second 15-Day Notice with further proposed updates to the Low Carbon Fuel Standard, effective Q1 2025. Changes include adding sunflower oil to the 20% credit cap on virgin crop-based biofuels alongside soybean and canola oil, starting after January 2028, and quarterly rather than annual checks for the Automatic Acceleration Mechanism. Most revisions are described as refinements without major changes.

- Date: 2024-10-04 · published 2024-10-04T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/15176-california-s-latest-lcfs-proposed-changes-add-clarity
- Commodities: [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

The virgin crop oil cap limits how much soybean, canola and sunflower oil can count toward LCFS compliance, which over time could restrain demand for those oils for fuel.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBO | 2024-09-04 | [Biofuel groups, fuel retailers fight California’s proposed restrictions \| Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc.](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15185-biofuel-groups-fuel-retailers-fight-california-s-proposed-restrictions-agri.md) | -2.4% | -0.4% |
| SBO | 2024-12-19 | [California’s Proposed Cap on Crop-Based Biofuels and What it Means for Fuel Prices and Biofuel Producers - Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15159-california-s-proposed-cap-on-crop-based-biofuels-and-what-it-means-for-fuel.md) | -0.1% | +9.1% |
| SBO | 2024-08-27 | [California’s proposal to cap SBO, canola oil at 20% of feedstock mix likely to impact RD, biodiesel: sources - The Jacobsen](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15191-california-s-proposal-to-cap-sbo-canola-oil-at-20-of-feedstock-mix-likely-to.md) | +2.0% | +1.6% |
| SBO | 2023-09-20 | [Latest “Soybean Dollar” Program Accelerates Sales in Argentina](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13952-latest-soybean-dollar-program-accelerates-sales-in-argentina.md) | -3.7% | -5.0% |
| SBO | 2024-09-06 | [Advocating for Soy Biomass-Based Diesel in California - American Soybean Association](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15183-advocating-for-soy-biomass-based-diesel-in-california-american-soybean.md) | -2.7% | +1.0% |

## Sources

- ccarbon.info: https://www.ccarbon.info/article/californias-latest-lcfs-proposed-changes-add-clarity-and-extend-lifeline-to-rng-projects/

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