# California — HFC refrigerant GWP regulations by US state

For California, equipment category is New facilities with systems containing more than 50 pounds of refrigerant; gwp limit is 150; effective date is January 1, 2022; regulatory status is signed into law, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05.

- **State:** California
- **Equipment category:** New facilities with systems containing more than 50 pounds of refrigerant
- **GWP limit:** 150
- **Effective date:** January 1, 2022
- **Regulatory status:** signed into law _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> New Facilities: California food retailers may not use refrigerants above 150 GWP in new facilities with systems containing more than 50 pounds of refrigerant starting January 1, 2022.

## Source

- https://nasrc.org/hfc-policy-tracker/

Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01.
Part of [HFC refrigerant GWP regulations by US state](https://referencesource.org/hfc-refrigerant-regulations-by-state/).