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.
Growth Energy is celebrating completion of the fifth and final round of applications for the USDA’s HBIIP by releasing new figures that demonstrate how it has helped retailers install equipment to offer higher biofuel blends like E15 and E85.
Through federal and state funding incentives, higher ethanol blend infrastructure is going in—and ethanol gallons sold are going up.
The California Assembly on Oct. 1 voted in favor of a bill that aims to allow the sale of E15 fuel blends within the state. California is the only state that has not approved the sale of E15, a gasoline blend that contains up to 15% ethanol.
On Sept. 26, Iowa’s cost-share Renewable Fuels Infrastructure Program awarded $4 million in grants for Iowa fuel retail locations to add E15 to 86 retail sites. Iowa regulations require retailers to offer E15 by Jan. 21, 2026.
Reps. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., Angie Craig, D-Minn., and more than 30 of their colleagues on Sept. 27 introduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill aims to enable year-round sales of E15 nationwide.
Aemetis Inc. on Sept. 24 called for the California Air Resources Board to immediately implement a 15% ethanol blend in gasoline to reduce gas prices for California consumers and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles.
The Renewable Fuels Association on Aug. 27 called on California to allow the lower-cost, lower-carbon E15 fuel blend, containing 15 percent ethanol, as part of its efforts to enhance the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
Sixteen retail service stations throughout the state have received grant funding from the Minnesota Department of Agriculture to increase access to and sales of motor fuel blends containing at least 15% ethanol.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on July 24 used a line-item veto to eliminate a provision in the state’s fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget package that would have created a 5-cent per-gallon tax credit for E15.
Long-term success in developing new ethanol markets comes from showing prospective ethanol retailers how to “do the math.”
The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority on July 16 announced applications are available for the Biofuel Infrastructure Incentive Program (BIIP). Applications are due Oct. 15.
Growth Energy on July 10 celebrated another round of applications for the USDA’s Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP), writing more than half of all applications submitted by site count.
A new study by economists at UC Berkeley and the U.S. Naval Academy found California drivers could save 20 cents per gallon if the state allowed gas stations to sell E15 fuel – a blend of 15% ethanol and 85% gasoline approved in all 49 other states.
The Michigan legislature on June 27 passed a $83 billion fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget package that includes a 5-cent-per-gallon tax credit for E15 fuel. Growth Energy has spoken out in support of the legislation’s E15 provisions.
The U.S. EPA on April 19 issued an emergency waiver allowing E15 to continue to be sold during the summer 2024 driving season. The action aims to provide relief from ongoing supply issues created by the war in Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East.
Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, on April 17 introduced bipartisan legislation to implement year-round E15 sales. The Year-Round E15 Act would allow for sales of E15 in 2024 across eight Midwestern states.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig on April 15 sent a letter to U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan urging the agency to immediately issue an emergency waiver allowing E15 sales to continue during the summer 2024 driving season.
Growth Energy on April 15 celebrated another successful round of applications for the USDA’s HBIIP). During the most recent application window, Growth Energy helped write grant applications for 39 different retailers comprising 198 stores.
Dozens of federal lawmakers are continuing to push the Biden administration to issue emergency waivers allowing E15 to be remain available during the summer 2024 driving season, in line with emergency waivers issued the previous two years.
Twenty-one drivers who fueled up with Unleaded 88 at a Holiday station in Plymouth during a two-hour promotion on April 11 were rewarded with prizes from the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association (MN Bio-Fuels) and KS95 FM.
On April 121, 15 Iowa retailers asked the Biden administration to issue waivers to permit the sale of E15 during the 2024 summer driving season. Similar emergency waivers were issued in both 2022 and 2023.
Growth Energy launched a new ad campaign calling on the Biden administration to protect summer access to E15. The digital advertising campaign will run across multiple platforms, including key news sites and YouTube.
Eight Midwest states now have federal approval to allow E15 sales year-round—but not until 2025. For proponents of the stepped-up blend, the regulatory victory is bittersweet, and their sights are set on a larger goal.
The latest issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine addresses distributed control systems (DCS), enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, diaphragm filter presses, and E15.
Nearly 1,000 farmers, ethanol industry workers and other supporters from across the country sent a letter to President Biden on April 3 calling on his administration to take action to allow continued access to E15 this summer.
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