October 2007 – State Alternative Fuels Plan.
The California Energy Commission (CEC) adopted the State Alternative Fuels Plan as required by AB 1007 (Pavley, Chapter 371, statutes of 2005). Results of the plan’s full fuel cycle (“well-to-wheels”) analysis and it’s reiteration in the CEC’s 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report demonstrate that certain alternative fuels can provide substantial greenhouse gas reduction benefits when used in mid-sized passenger cars and urban buses. Fuels such as ethanol, natural gas, liquefied propane gas, electricity, and hydrogen can have important advantages over conventional gasoline and diesel fuels.

June 16, 2007 – Governor Supports CARB’s Actions.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issues statement of support for California Air Resources Board's adoption of a resolution providing more flexibility for refiners to blend up to 10 percent ethanol in transportation fuels while still maintaining air quality. CARB’s updated predictive model for gasoline reformulation allows refiners greater flexibility to blend of up to 10 percent ethanol by volume to be sold in California provided they comply with all air quality regulations.

June 15, 2007 – CARB Adopts Gas Reformulation to Include up to 10% Ethanol.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted on a new reformulation of California gasoline that will allow an increase up to 10 percent of the amount of renewable, clean-burning, low carbon ethanol into California's gasoline blend. Both ethanol and petroleum producers joined together to support this action and worked closely with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration, CARB and the environmental community to forge an agreement that will produce immediate reductions in greenhouse gases as it brings the state up to national standards for ethanol use.

Despite California's continued national leadership in setting air quality and greenhouse gas emission reduction standards, the state's current formulation for gasoline has traditionally included a lower percentage of renewable, clean-burning, low carbon ethanol than the rest of the nation. By taking this action today, Gov. Schwarzenegger and CARB took a significant step toward changing that by approving a reformulated predictive model that brings California's use of ethanol up to the national standard.

In line with the Governor's aggressive goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this decision will lead to immediate reductions in carbon emissions once it is implemented. The California ethanol producers employ state-of-the- art production practices that allow the companies to produce ethanol that reduces carbon dioxide emissions by up to 40 percent compared to conventional gasoline according to recent university studies.

January, 2007 – California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Introduced.
California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard is introduced by Governor Schwarzenegger to reduce the greenhouse gas content of transportation fuels. By 2020 the standard will reduce the carbon intensity of California's passenger vehicle fuels by at least 10 percent and is expected to more than triple the size of California's renewable fuels market and put more than 7 million alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles on its roads without any new government spending. This first-of-its kind standard firmly establishes sustainable demand for lower-carbon fuels but without favoring one fuel over another.

August 2006 –Global Warming Solutions Act (also known as Assembly Bill 32).
This landmark legislation established a comprehensive program of regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve real, quantifiable, cost-effective reductions of greenhouse gases. The law will reduce carbon emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020 and to 80 percent below 1990 levels by the year 2050.

April 25, 2006 – Governor Schwarzenegger’s Executive Order S-06-06.
The Governor declared biofuels can reduce the state’s reliance on petroleum fuels and work to lower fuel costs for consumers; offer greenhouse gas reduction benefits; and is one of the options needed to achieve the State Renewables Portfolio Standard requirements. The Executive Order also established targets for production of a minimum of 20 percent of its biofuels within California by 2010, 40 percent by 2020, and 75 percent by 2050. Currently, California, although it consumes about 20% of the ethanol produced in the United States, it produces less than 5%.