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Fuel Retailers Praise Ambitious Renewable Volume Obligations; Urge Congress to Quickly Enact Biofuel Tax Incentives
The EPA raised renewable volume obligations to nearly 26 billion RINs for 2026-27 and introduced a 50% credit limit for foreign biofuels starting in 2028 to boost U.S. producers.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin finalized long-awaited biofuel blending standards aimed at supporting U.S. farmers and creating a $31 billion value for corn and soybean oil production in 2026 and 2027.
- Established under the Clean Air Act, the Renewable Fuel Standard requires transportation fuel to contain increasing volumes of renewable fuel; the EPA finalized a 70% reallocation of volumes lost to small refinery exemptions issued between 2023 and 2025.
- Fuel industry groups representing 90 percent of retail fuel sales praised the administration's "ambitious" Renewable Volume Obligations . David Fialkov, Executive Vice President of Government Affairs for NATSO and SIGMA, said the mandates "incentivize additional production of renewable fuels, creating additional supply and stabilizing prices."
- However, oil refiners face higher costs from the mandate, with American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers President and CEO Chet Thompson calling the rule "baffling" and arguing it could result in "all-time records" in compliance costs.
- Industry groups are urging Congress to enact biofuel tax incentives to stabilize prices, while the administration pursues emergency waivers for higher-ethanol blends and negotiates year-round E15 sales to address fuel costs amid geopolitical instability.
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Nebraska Examiner
EPA increases biofuels in new Renewable Fuel Standard
Corn silks begin to show on an Iowa corn field in early July. (Photo by Cami Koons/Iowa Capital Dispatch)New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency goals call for an all-time high volume of biofuels to be blended into gasoline and diesel, the agency said in a Friday news release following President Donald Trump’s announcement at the White House. The EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard for 2026 and 2027 will set the volume of biofuels at the highest leve…
In big win for farmers, EPA boosts biofuels quota to be blended into gas and diesel (ADM:NYSE)
US refiners must increase the amount of biofuels they blend into gasoline and diesel this year and next, after the EPA released long-awaited biofuels blending standards that favored farmers.
The Berkshire Eagle
Fuel Retailers Praise Ambitious Renewable Volume Obligations; Urge Congress to Quickly Enact Biofuel Tax Incentives
ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- NATSO, representing truck stops and travel plazas, SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) praised the Environmental Protection Agency and the Trump Administration for issuing ambitious Renewable…
EPA raises biofuel blending standards in win for farmers
President Donald Trump and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin finalized long-awaited biofuel blending standards Friday aimed at supporting U.S. farmers. At a White House event with farmers and ranchers, Trump announced the EPA had finalized its Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) “Set 2” requirements. The RFS, established under the Clean Air Act, requires transportation fuel to contain an increasing volume of renewable fuel, a po…
Refiners say new US biofuel quotas may worsen Iran war price spike - Regional Media News
By Siddharth Cavale and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The Trump administration ordered U.S. refiners on Friday to increase the amount of biofuels they blend into gasoline and diesel this year and next, a move the industry said would only raise pump prices already spiking due to the war in Iran. The rebuke from the U.S. refining industry revealed a rare public rift between President Donald Trump's White House and oil companies …
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