Fuel Variances

Fossil fuel suppliers have 45 days after the end of the variance to report any additional volumes of regulated fossil fuels imported by truck or rail and directly delivered to gas stations, fleets, and truck stops due to the closure. For fuel supplies that used this variance, the deadline for providing reports is Jan. 15, 2026.

• Report use of the variance due Jan. 15, 2026
  
• Frequently asked questions
  
• Order Approving Temporary Variances
  

Clean Fuels Program

The Clean Fuels Program variance waives the program's requirements in two ways:

• For fuel suppliers that are not currently subject to the program, the variance increases the program's threshold for regulation from a half million gallons of imports to five million gallons.
• For fuel suppliers that are currently subject to the program, imports that are trucked in and directly delivered to gas stations, fleets, and truck stops are exempt for the duration of the outage.

Climate Protection Program

• For fossil fuels suppliers currently regulated by the program, greenhouse gas emissions from fuels imported by truck or rail and directly delivered to gas stations, fleets, and truck stops during the variance timeframe would be excluded from the definition of covered emissions under the Climate Protection Program (OAR 340-273-0110(3)(b)(A)). There would be no compliance obligations for these emissions. These emissions would also be removed from the methodology used to distribute compliance instruments.
• For fossil fuel suppliers not currently regulated by the program, these emissions would be removed from the thresholds that trigger program applicability in OAR 340-273-0110(3). This applies to the 100,00 MTCO2e threshold in 2025 that would make a person a covered fuel supplier in 2025. This also applies to the 50,000 MTCO2e threshold in 2025 that would make person a covered fuel supplier in 2028.
  

Visit the Climate Protection Program web page for additional program resources.