California Code of Regulations
Title 13 - Motor Vehicles
Division 3 - Air Resources Board
Chapter 11 - Clean Miles Standards
Section 2490.2 - Optional Credits
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
(a) In any given calendar year starting with 2023, TNCs subject to the requirements in Section 2490.1 may use optional CO2 credits as defined in this section for compliance with the annual GHG targets. Credits earned in this section must be used in the same year they are earned and cannot be banked for use in future years.
(b) Optional credits, upon being issued, may be incorporated into the GHG compliance equation as shown in Equation 3.
(c) Equation 3.
| g CO | [SIGMA] (VMTP1,P2,P3 x CO2 factor)trip - CO2 credit | |
| ----- | = | -------------------------------------------------- |
| PMT | [SIGMA] (VMTP3 x occupancy)trip |
Where:
PMT is passenger miles traveled
VMTP1,P2,P3 equals VMT in miles (Periods 1, 2 and 3) of trips for all vehicles minus eVMTP1,P2,P3 (Periods 1, 2, and 3 by BEVs and FCEVs)
CO2 factor equals the CO2 emission factor in grams CO2 per mile as provided in Table 2 and Table 3
CO2 credits are earned from options as described in § 2490.2(d) and (e)
VMTP3 equals period 3 VMT in miles driven by all drivers using any vehicle type
Occupancy equals the compliance occupancy value in the unit of passengers determined by Table 4
(d) CO2 credits from investment in bikeway and sidewalk infrastructure projects. TNCs may request optional CO2 credits as calculated using Equation 4 through investments in bicycle and sidewalk infrastructure. Credits may be requested for the number of years the project is operational (i.e., project life) if the project meets the following requirements:
| Dollars invested ($) x 907,185(g/ton) | ||
| CO2 credit (g CO2) | = | -------------------------------------------------- |
| $128 per ton x Project Life (years) |
Where,
Dollars invested is the amount the TNC invests in the local agency that leads the bikeway or sidewalk improvement project
Project life is the operational period of the bikeway or sidewalk in years
(e) CO2 credits from TNC-to-mass-transit-connected trips. TNCs may obtain CO2 credits from a vehicle trip that is connected to a mass transit trip (e.g., TNC trip that connects to transit or a transit trip that connects to a TNC trip). A mass transit connected trip is demonstrated by a payment transaction made by purchasing a mass transit ticket from a TNC app, or other methods from which verified TNC-to-mass-transit-connected trip data can be collected and submitted. TNCs may request optional CO2 credit for a mass transit-connected trip if the trip meets the following requirements:
| CO2 credit (g CO2) | = | VMTT,P3(mi) x 242(g/mi) |
Where,
VMTT,P3 is the total distance of the TNC vehicle trip that is connected with a mass transit trip through a purchased mass transit ticket in the TNC app or other methods from which verified TNC-to-mass-transit-connected trip data can be collected and submitted
242 g/mi is the California fleet-wide average fuel economy for light-duty vehicles in the 2018 base year
(f) CPUC may develop additional optional CO2 credit programs, in addition to those outlined in this section, for the TNCs to comply with annual GHG targets.
(g) The TNCs may apply to CPUC for CO2 credits, which it may issue only upon a finding that the TNC has submitted all required information for the credit option as described in Sections 2490.2(d) and 2490.2(e), that any supplemental information specifically requested by CARB or CPUC was submitted, that all information and data submitted are adequate for determining the amount of credit, and all other compliance requirements as described in section 2490.3 have been met.
1. New section filed 8-9-2022; operative 10-1-2022 (Register 2022, No. 33). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600 and 39601, Health and Safety Code; and Section 5450, Public Utilities Code. Reference: Section 44274.4, Health and Safety Code; Sections 65301 and 65080, Government Code; Section 5431, Public Utilities Code; and Sections 890.4 and 891.2, Streets and Highways Code.
