The current active programs in North America are California (LCFS), Oregon (CFP), Washington (CFS), British Columbia (BC-LCFS), and Canada (CFR) federally.
Third party verification is a process by which a company which is not affiliated with the government or company aggregating credits verifies the reported data submitted to CARB/regulating entity. Currently 3rd party verification is required in the Canadian CFR, and will be required in California’s LCFS starting in 2026.
Fast Charger Infrastructure (FCI) is an amendment to the California LCFS which allows Fast chargers to be eligible for what they are calling “capacity” crediting, which gives more credits to charging owners/site hosts based on capacity rating of fast chargers, to help ensure recouping of costs. Read more
Where the government enforced programs are “compliance” programs, the voluntary program functionally works the same, but operates on a completely voluntary basis, for companies with ESG and sustainability goals.
The voluntary program operates everywhere in the United States that does not have an active compliance program. As more states come online with compliance programs, they would no longer be eligible for the voluntary program.
A REC is a Renewable Energy Certificate. It represents 1 megawatt hour (MWh) of electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind or solar.
FuSE has a very easy process to get started with claiming your solar REC’s which can be found here
Yes! Site hosts are eligible for participation in clean fuel programs and can earn a significant amount of incentives to reduce the costs of operation of their chargers.
Yes! Public or private EV fleets are eligible to participate in these programs.
Community Choice Aggregators can participate in these programs!
Every program operates independently, so yes, a single company with facilities in multiple states can participate in each respective program based on their operations within those states.
Yes, most EV chargers qualify to participate in these programs with some EV chargers like DC Fast Chargers gaining even more opportunities due to amendments like FCI to claim additional “capacity” credits.
Yes! Even if your tenants pay for the charging they use, you can still collect credits from the chargers provided to your tenants.
Different jurisdictions have differing opinions and levels of sophistication related to what vehicle and equipment types are eligible within their own program. Broadly, all on-road assets are eligible, Class 1-8, with much more potentially available including:
Contact us with any eligibility questions about your fleet eligibility.
Forklifts went through several detrimental changes in recent amendment cycles, which included a reduction in EER value, which reduces the rate at which they earn credits, and also moving forward (starting 2026) forklifts are now required to have metered data vs the previous calculated methodology. Due to both of these things, most electric forklift owners will see a significant reduction in credits they earn in these programs moving forward.
Fast Charger Infrastructure(FCI) is a special program within the LCFS (California), which allows DCFC to earn additional credits on top of usage credits to help incentivize the installation of more publicly available fast chargers.
Generally speaking if you have any publicly available fast charger that was permitted after Jan 1, 2022, you can qualify for FCI.
Yes! FCI is considered “capacity” credits, which also stack with usage credits.
FCI credits is capped to 2.5% of statewide LCFS deficits, which is determined on a quarterly basis, and first come first served basis, so it is possible you can be denied one quarter, but be accepted the next quarter. You need only be accepted into the program once to be guaranteed your credits.
The credit market is a free market system, and varies based on many factors, but you can always stay up to date on pricing here
Credit prices can change based on supply and demand, changes in regulations, etc. It is a free market.
Importantly in every clean fuel standard program the money is not public funding. The credits are purchased by the regulated entities (gas companies) who need to offset the emissions of gasoline sold in the state.
Yes! These programs are not publicly funded in any way, and thus any other public funding you have gathered has no affiliation with participation in clean fuel standard programs.
There are many tax opportunities available to projects that transition transportation to zero-emission. Contact us today to find out more about opportunities you may be eligible for.
FuSE is a mission driven organization whose guiding north star is to make participation in clean fuel standard easier and more equitable for all. Our full list of services can be found on our website
Our fee structure is a net-back model, so there is never any out of pocket costs to our partners.
FuSE’s platform streamlines the process and makes the effort minimal on your end.
Our platform is the first of its kind, and operates in every program in North America, making participation in these programs seamless and equitable for all.
FuSE has an amazing platform, and team of clean transportation experts that make participation in these programs as close to zero as possible, and being a credit aggregator, we also use our portfolio to get the best price possible for credits on behalf of all of our partners.
FuSE is a mission driven organization, and believe that education and transparency are fundamental pillars of our business, and our platform is the first of its kind, so we do not believe you will find what we have to offer elsewhere. Secondly our first of its kind platform is a revolutionary new software that makes participation in Clean Fuel Standard Programs as seamless as possible.
FuSE has already gone through the process of third party verification in Canadian programs, so we have immensely valuable experience with verification in the years to come as the US programs implement that requirement. On top of that, FuSE pays the cost of 3rd party verification on behalf of all of our partners, which can be a significant barrier for entry for anyone looking to do that on their own.