The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to reveal just how many small refiner exemptions have been granted from blending obligations under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and how many are still pending but the reduction in ethanol blending over recent months and a sharp drop in the price for Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) indicate the impact they are having.
In this edition of The Ethanol Report, Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) Executive Vice President Geoff Cooper discusses his recent E-Blog column on how EPA actions are already impacting the ethanol market and destructing demand.
Listen here: Ethanol Report on Demand Destruction