A last ditch attempt made by Midwest Republicans with House leadership to add authority for year-round use of E15 to the fiscal 2026 appropriations package was rejected. Instead, the legislation creates an E-15 Rural Domestic Energy Council (“Council”), to be appointed by the Speaker of the House, to develop legislative solutions to allow year-round sales of the higher ethanol blends and limit the number of refiners eligible for exemption from the renewable fuel standard (RFS), the law behind a national mandate for blending a certain amount of biofuels into the U.S. fuel supply each year.
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