The South Dakota Corn Utilization Council and Kwik Star have announced a partnership to promote the use of ethanol-blended fuel across eastern South Dakota. The promotion encourages drivers to save at the pump with E15.
On March 11, U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined U.S. Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Neb., at a press conference urging Congress to fulfill President Trump’s pledge to allow the sale of year-round E15.
A group of 16 state attorneys general (AGs), let by Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, on March 6 sent a letter to Congressional leadership asking lawmakers to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025.
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig in February named the recipients of the 2025 Renewable Fuels Marketing Awards. Al’s Corner Oil was recognized for ethanol marketing and Pro Cooperative was recognized for biodiesel marketing.
The U.S. EPA on Feb. 28 announced it will grant requests filed by South Dakota and Ohio for a 1-year delay in implementation of a regulation that removes the 1-psi volatility waiver for E10. The regulatory change allows for year-round sales of E15 within the states.
The Indiana Senate on Feb. 10 voted 46 to 3 in favor of a bill that aims to create tax credits for the sale of higher ethanol blends, the sale of blended biodiesel or renewable diesel, and the blending of biodiesel and renewable diesel.
The U.S. EPA on Feb. 21 confirmed it will uphold a previous rulemaking that allows year-round E15 sales to begin in eight Midwest states starting April 28 but will consider requests from individual states to delay implementation by one year.
Lawmakers in both the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on Feb. 13 reintroduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill aims to enable year-round sales of E15 on a nationwide basis.
On Feb. 6, the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association sent a letter signed by 2025 Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit attendees to U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson and U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, calling for an immediate fix for year-round E15.
Legislation introduced in the Kansas legislature on Jan. 15 aims to create a 5-cent-per-gallon tax credit to support the sale of higher ethanol blends, such as E15. Lawmakers are also being asked to consider a similar incentive for biobased diesel.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Jan. 24 sent a letter to Acting U.S. EPA Administrator James Payne urging the agency to further delay implementation of a final rule to allow E15 to be sold year-round in eight Midwest states starting in 2025.
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.
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