Industry leaders are rallying support ahead of tomorrow’s House vote on year-round E15 sales.
The Renewable Fuels Association is on Captiol Hill urging lawmakers to vote “yes.” They say it is time to act because E15 can provide relief at both the farm and the pump.
“This legislation is all about energy security and affordability, and those are two things that are critically important to American families right now. Allowing year-round nationwide access to E15 would help lower pump prices at a time when American families really need that relief. Today, E15 is the lowest-cost fuel available anywhere in the marketplace, often priced $0.30, $0.40, and sometimes even more below regular gasoline prices. At the same time, E15 expansion would support jobs and investment all across rural America. Our nation’s ethanol market is unattached and insulated from the incredible volatility and price spikes we’re seeing in the global crude oil market. This legislation represents a compromise that was carefully negotiated by lawmakers, farmers, ethanol producers, fuel retailers, oil refiners, and many others across the supply chain. It has broad-based support, and now is the time to get this done,” said RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper.
Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer is a long-time advocate of year-round E15 sales. She says farmers need the certainty.
“We have seen waivers for the last five years for the year-round sale of V-15. The sky has not fallen, and it is very, very helpful to farm community. But yet, it’s very, very difficult to make that certain and get it done as a bill to get this into law. appreciate this administration and previous administrations when they would give those waivers. It’s important to do that, but we need the certainty. They want to see E15 come about as being a year-round solution to some of their issues that they have to offer them another market, but especially to offer them that certainty that they will be able to sell a crop at a decent price and meet their obligations.
The House vote is set for tomorrow.
