Tom Bryan, President and Editor
April 9, 2024
BY Tom Bryan
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Minnesota now has over 500 stations that offer Unleaded 88, providing consumers across the state with more options to save at the pump and reduce air emissions, according to the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association.
Ethanol groups are expressing disappointment in the updated short-term funding bill currently under consideration by congress, which has been stripped of language that would have allowed year-round E15 sales nationwide.
AAA has projected that 107 million Americans will travel by car for the holidays this year. Based on that data, Growth Energy estimates that U.S. consumers could collectively save up to $250 million in fuel costs if they were to choose E15.
Congress on Dec. 17 released the text of a short-term funding bill that aims to avoid a partial government shutdown. The package includes provisions allowing year-round sales of E15 and enacting a new one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill.
The California Senate will not take up E15 legislation unanimously passed by the California Assembly earlier this month during the legislature’s special session to prevent gas price spikes. The bill aimed to accelerate the state’s adoption of E15.