Agriculture, Energy Transition, Refined Products, Biofuels, Renewables, Jet Fuel
May 22, 2026
Platts to update the carbon intensity for US SAF assessments effective June 1
Platts, part of S&P Global Energy, will modify the carbon intensity (CI) for the US sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) price assessments, effective June, 1 2026.
Market feedback indicated that the current CI for the SAF US assessments was higher than the typical market CI.
As a result, Platts will update the CI for its US SAF assessments to 22 gCO2/MJ from 42 gCO2/MJ .
The assessments and their associated monthly averages affected are as follows:
| Region | Assessment | UoM | Symbol | Mirror symbols |
| US | SAF (H-S) CA | c/gal | SAFCA00 | SAFDA00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) CA vs Jet LA | c/gal | SAFCB00 | SAFDB00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) CA (credits det) | c/gal | SFCAD00 | SFCBD00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) CA Premium (credits det) | c/gal | SFCCD00 | SFCDD00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) IL | c/gal | SAFCD00 | SAFDD00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) IL vs Jet Chicago | c/gal | SAFCE00 | SAFDE00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) IL (credits det) | c/gal | SFILA00 | SFILB00 |
| US | SAF (H-S) IL Premium (credits det) | c/gal | SFILB00 | SFILC00 |
Platts publishes its SAF price assessments in Energy Core, Biofuelscan, Biomass-Based Diesel Report, Platts Aviation Weekly, US Marketscan, Oilgram Price Report and fixed pages PB010, PB011, PB012, PRF450, PRF480, PRF483 and PRF158.
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