Full Title: Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Agencies Should Track Progress Toward Ambitious Federal Goals
Author(s): Government Accountability Office
Publisher(s): Government Accountability Office
Publication Date: March 23, 2023
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Description (excerpt):
To reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the aviation sector, the White House announced a SAF Grand Challenge in September 2021. The Grand Challenge goal is to supply 3 billion gallons of SAF per year by 2030 and 100 percent of expected domestic commercial jet fuel use by 2050. GAO was asked to review the federal role in SAF.
This report (1) discusses the state of SAF production and use for the U.S. commercial aviation industry and factors shaping this market, and (2) identifies how federal agencies have supported SAF and assesses how they will monitor progress toward Grand Challenge goals.
GAO recommends that the Departments of Transportation, Energy, and Agriculture develop and incorporate performance measures into the Grand Challenge roadmap. Transportation and Agriculture concurred. Energy indicated the recommendation is completed and that planned roadmap activities will enable progress to be measured. GAO disagrees that the recommendation is completed.