Governors to Feds: Leave RFS Alone

Leaders from corn states have responded to a movement in Washington to make changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

Governors from Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, and Nebraska sent a letter to President Trump. They urged him to deny Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s RFS waiver credit proposal, calling it a RIN price cap. The proposal would allow oil refiners to dodge RFS obligations.

The letter claims every credit issued by the EPA under the plan reduces the RFS level by one gallon. The governors say that would reduce demand by 1 billion gallons, or about 6 percent in sales.

Source: Biomass magazine