Newsom Proposes SAF Tax Credit Worth Up to $300M a Year. California's Own Analysts Say Reject It.
April 9, 2026
A $1-$2 per gallon production credit for California refiners would divert diesel excise taxes earmarked for road repair, with Phillips 66 as the primary beneficiary.
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Singapore Starts Collecting the World's First Mandatory SAF Passenger Levy
Ticket sales opened April 1, with economy passengers paying S$1 to S$10.40 per seat depending on destination band.
Seven Latin American Nations Sign SAF Corridor Pact at FIDAE Santiago
Colombia, Chile, Costa Rica, Panama, Aruba, Peru, and Bolivia signed Letters of Intent at FIDAE committing to a coordinated low-emission air corridor with four pillars covering regulation, production, and clean energy export
Philippines CAAP Launches SAF Adoption Drive on Back of March Policy Workshop
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines held its first SAF Policy Development Workshop in March 2026, citing rice and coconut waste as priority feedstocks and a 65-80% emissions reduction target
Three Days to Comment: Treasury's 45Z Proposed Rule Cuts SAF's Special Credit Rate
Treasury and IRS proposed regulations implementing OBBBA changes drop SAF's base credit rate from $0.35 to $0.20 per gallon. Industry has until April 6 to weigh in.
The UK ETS Has a SAF Problem — and a New Consultation to Fix It
The UK ETS Authority is asking whether SAF should still be zero-rated and which fuels should qualify — with responses due by 15 June 2026
EU's €75B Investment Strategy Puts SMR Financing on the Table — and SAF Gains a Powerful Backer
The Commission's new clean energy plan explicitly funds small modular reactor research — a direct unlock for eSAF production struggling to reach FID
UK SAF Act Becomes Law — Fuel Suppliers Face a New Levy, Producers Get a Price Guarantee
The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Act 2026, which received Royal Assent on 5 March, creates a CfD-style revenue certainty mechanism for UK SAF producers and empowers the government to impose a levy on aviation fuel suppliers to fund it.
SAF's Supply Chain Is Now a Legal Problem — Morgan Lewis Flags Scaling Gaps as a Top Airline Risk for 2026
A new briefing from major US aviation law firm Morgan Lewis places SAF scalability and carbon market oversight among the ten most pressing legal and operational challenges facing airlines this year.
ReFuelEU's 2030 eSAF Sub-Mandate Stays on the Books — the EU Won't Enforce It
The European Commission confirmed it will not seek penalties against fuel suppliers that fail to meet ReFuelEU Aviation's 1.2% synthetic fuel obligation, leaving a 600,000-tonne target without consequences
40% Capital Grant Cuts Advanced SAF Cost Gap by Up to 90%, ICCT Netherlands Study Finds
New ICCT analysis quantifies how EU state aid rules, ETS revenues, and electricity grid fee reductions can make e-kerosene and FT fuels from agricultural residues commercially viable