The Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) is a crucial part of California's plan to tackle climate change. The program encourages the use of cleaner transportation fuels to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce reliance on petroleum.
Here's how it works: the LCFS sets carbon intensity targets for transportation fuels. Fuels that beat the target earn credits; fuels that fall short generate deficits. Electricity counts as a clean fuel, so companies can earn LCFS credits from EV charging.
To receive LCFS credits, companies must register their EV charging stations with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and submit a quarterly report through the CARB website. Flipturn's fleet charging management makes it easy to comply with LCFS reporting requirements, so customers can capture the maximum amount of LCFS revenue from their EV charging.
Read on to learn more about Flipturn's LCFS reporting feature.
LCFS Report
Flipturn records all session, charger, and vehicle information, so we auto-populate the downloadable LCFS report with everything CARB requires, including vehicle type.
Users can then export all of their quarterly charging sessions to CSV with one click:
If any information is missing about the chargers, Flipturn presents a helpful message to direct users to input the required fields:
Flipturn is also compliant with CARB’s data accuracy requirements. Specifically, for charging sessions that go across multiple days, only the energy within the time range will be included:
CARB only requires aggregated energy usage per charger per quarter, but organizations can often get more LCFS credits with per-session reporting, which Flipturn facilitates.
Automate LCFS and other low-carbon fuel reporting
The LCFS program is most established in California, but similar programs exist in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. If you want to automate your LCFS reporting or participate in any of these other credit programs, book a demo.
About Flipturn
Flipturn is the unified control center for EV charging operations, built for properties, businesses, and fleets. Whether you're managing a private depot or a public charging site, Flipturn helps you stay online, cut costs, and keep EV operations running smoothly. Control energy usage, manage access, accept payments, and remotely monitor operations across your chargers and vehicles, all in one place. Backed by leading investors including CRV and Accel, Flipturn serves Fortune 500 companies, commercial property owners, and major fleet operators across North America.
