Ethanol Supply Outlook for California. Staff Report

摘要

This report provides an updated summary of the California Energy Commission's (Energy Commission) ongoing investigations of California's near-term ethanol fuel supply picture. Results of a new 2003 U.S. ethanol industry production capacity survey comprise the primary component of the report. The status of ethanol production plans within California is discussed in a second section and, finally, the report describes foreign ethanol imports to California. Since the 1999 Governor's executive order directing the phaseout of Methyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (MTBE), and the subsequent determination by the California Environmental Policy Council that ethanol would be the only approved substitute, the Energy Commission has conducted evaluations of the state's ethanol supply options and prospects. A detailed survey of the U.S. ethanol industry's expansion plans was first undertaken and reported on in 2001 and updated in 2002. Additional activities have included studying in-state ethanol production potential and monitoring the progress of proposed California ethanol projects, as well as examining foreign ethanol supply potential.