DOE outlines emissions-value requests for 45Z fuel credit

The U.S. Department of Energy said on October 14 that its Alternative Fuels and Feedstocks Office had released a pre-publication draft notice for an Emissions Value Request process tied to the Section 45Z clean fuel production tax credit. The process is intended for transportation-fuel producers whose fuel type, primary feedstock or production pathway is absent from the applicable emissions-rate table.

Under the outlined process, a producer would request an emissions value from DOE and use it to petition the Treasury secretary for a provisional emissions rate. The required materials include an EVR form and engineering analysis consistent with a front-end engineering and design study, or a similar indication of project maturity. DOE described this as a draft notice; the announcement did not provide emissions values or promise approval of a tax-credit claim.