
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah
December 11, 2025
BY Erin Krueger
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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on April 2 sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce urging swift passage of legislation allowing year-round E15 sales.
The USDA’s Commodity Credit Corp. on March 25 announced it does not expect to purchase and sell sugar under the Feedstock Flexibility Program for crop year 2025, which runs from Oct. 1, 2025, to Sept. 30, 2026.
The USDA Rural Business Cooperative Service on March 31 announced it will not make any new grant awards under the Rural Energy for America Program until it updates program regulations to comply with Executive Order 14315.
In 2025, 23.25 billion RINs were distributed under the RFS. One standout data point included a significant increase in D3 RINs coming from cellulosic ethanol—93% over the 2024 total.
The U.S. EPA on March 27 announced the RFS cellulosic waiver credit (CWC) price for 2025 has been set at $1.91, up from $1.61 for 2024. The CWCs are being made available due to the agency’s decision to reduce the 2025 cellulosic RVO.