EPA Moves to Maintain Consumer Access to Low-Cost, Low-Emission E15

The National Corn Growers Association, alongside state corn grower organizations, are praising the decision made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow for the use of “existing authority to prevent drivers from losing access to lower-cost and lower-emission E15, a higher ethanol blend often marketed as Unleaded 88.” This decision will allow E15 to be consistently available for drivers to have access to a lower-cost fuel that also cuts emissions.

“Continued access to E15 during the summer months will help relieve ongoing energy supply pressures. When EPA took similar action last year, drivers saved nearly a dollar per gallon in some locations and an average of 23 cents per gallon during the summer months, according to data from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. E15 continues to save consumers significantly at the pump.

Moreover, allowing uninterrupted E15 sales keeps a lower-emission fuel in the marketplace. In addition to being lower in carbon emissions, E15 has lower volatility than regular fuel, which is a 10% ethanol blend, and using E15 results in lower evaporative and exhaust emissions, important during the summer driving season.”

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