The Renewable Fuels Association has announced key officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency will be speaking at the upcoming National Ethanol Conference Feb. 24-26 in Orlando. On Wednesday, Feb. 25, attendees will hear from Aaron Szabo, assistant administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation. This office oversees implementation of Clean …
Handful of Refiners Holding E15 Hostage
An historic alignment of agreement between the oil and ethanol industries is being held hostage by a small number of refiners, threatening the future of nationwide, year-round E15 (15% ethanol fuel). Nebraska Ethanol Board chairman Jan tenBensel shared a graphic on social media last week calling out six refining companies by name with a combined revenue of nearly $172 billion. …
E15 Deadline Coincides with Ethanol Conference
The National Ethanol Conference is coming up February 24-26 in Orlando, coinciding this year with an important deadline facing the recently formed E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council, which has been having meetings over the past week in Washington D.C. The council is tasked with submitting a legislative proposal by February 15 with the goal of considering the bill by February …
Winter Weather Impacts Ethanol Production
Ethanol production plunged along with the temperatures across the country last week, according to the latest EIA data analyzed by the Renewable Fuels Association for the week ending January 30. Ethanol production dropped 14.2% to 956,000 b/d, equivalent to 40.15 million gallons daily and the lowest weekly volume since mid-April 2024, reflecting the effects of the winter storm. Output was …
Treasury Releases Proposed 45Z Regulation
The Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service today issued proposed regulations for domestic producers of clean transportation fuel to determine their eligibility for and calculate the clean fuel production credit, often referred to as the 45Z credit, as modified under the One, Big, Beautiful Bill. The clean fuel production credit provides businesses an income tax credit for …
Guatemala Agreement Will Boost Ethanol Exports
The United States–Guatemala Agreement on Reciprocal Trade signed on Friday by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Guatemala’s Minister of Economy Adriana Gabriela Garcia will help boost exports of U.S. ethanol to that country. “President Trump’s leadership is forging a new direction for trade that promotes partnership and prosperity in Latin America, further strengthening the American economy, supporting American workers, …
Groups Urge Council to Focus on E15
A broad coalition of trade groups representing ethanol producers, petroleum refiners, farmers, and retailers is urging the newly formed Congressional Rural Domestic Energy Council to focus on only E15 to get legislation accomplished by the end of this month. The coalition of stakeholders sent a letter to the co-chairs of the new council on Friday outlining recommendations for consensus legislation …
2025 Ethanol Exports Again Set Record in 11 Months
Just like 2024, ethanol exports in 2025 topped the previous year and set a new record before the year came to an end, providing a needed lift for the industry according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA). According to data released today by the Census Bureau, 2025 U.S. ethanol exports through November totaled 1.96 billion gallons, already surpassing annual shipments …
Ethanol Report on E15 and NEC
To say that ethanol supporters are disappointed by the inability of Congress to include nationwide, year-round E15 in the must-pass funding bill this past week is an understatement. Corn farmers and ethanol producers are expressing outrage, disillusionment, and even betrayal after weeks of working on compromise wording for a problem the industry has been trying to get fixed for more …
Congress Devastates Supporters as it Punts on E15
Supporters of nationwide, year-round E15 were once again kicked to the curb by Congress, after weeks of negotiations between farm, ethanol, oil and refinery interests to craft wording that would have included it in the funding bill. Instead lawmakers have opted to create a new “Rural Domestic Energy Council” to develop potential legislative proposals on E15. It’s just too much …