The purpose of these guidelines is to provide potential California ethanol producers and investors with an understanding of California ethanol demand, current domestic ethanol supply, and key issues regarding potential local ethanol supply. The ethanol market in California is currently driven by a Federal mandate that an oxygenate be used to meet the Clean Air Act (CAA) (United States Environmental Protection Agency, (1990). Since the gubernatorially mandated phase-out of MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) as an oxygenate as of December 2003, ethanol has become the choice oxygenate. Currently, 80% of California's fuel markets require an oxygenate. California will require between 760 and 900 million gallons of ethanol in 2004 to meet its oxygenate requirement and fuel demand.

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