Independent refiners have put forward a real compromise: Expanded E15 with 1. Continued SREs under existing framework, 2. No reallocation of exempted SRE volumes 3. Limit annual ethanol mandate to actual consumption from the previous year. Read the statement:

The draft E15 framework ignores long-standing problems with the Renewable Fuel Standard and tilts the playing field toward the world’s largest oil and renewable fuels companies, threatening higher gas prices and thousands of small and independent refinery jobs.

Last week, a coalition of small and independent refiners, representing 27 facilities and more than 2 million barrels/day of America’s domestic refining capacity, sent a letter to the Rural Domestic Energy Council collectively opposing the latest E15 proposal.

As discussions continue at the Rural Domestic Energy Council, refiners and the workers who support them are calling for ethanol reform. Read the United Association of Union Plumbers and Pipefitters’ letter to the Council: https://t.co/PS8WRQVCvU

Even in the many states where year-round E15 is legal, only a small fraction of stations offer it. With high infrastructure costs and little consumer demand, the market has made its position clear. Understand the true E15 market demand here:

As the Congressional Rural Domestic Energy Council convenes and develops proposed legislation authorizing national, year-round E15 sales, the Fueling American Jobs Coalition (FAJC) released the following:

See our statement in @politico Morning Energy:

Read the full state of play and path forward: https://t.co/HJ7ptcI2S1

The U.S. has lost 1.7 million barrels per day of refining capacity since 2019 alone. Year-round E15 without meaningful RFS reforms would put America’s remaining independent refineries at risk, threatening jobs, driving up gas prices, and weakening domestic refining capacity.

Correction: Independent refiners are already drowning under the crushing costs of a broken RFS, which has contributed to at least four independent refinery closures, eliminating more than 80,000 jobs. Today, some refiners are spending more on Renewable Identification Numbers

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See our statement in @politico Morning Ag:

Advocates of government-dictated ethanol say don't want to force us to use E15...they just want to "allow" us to use E15 in the summer. In reality, if Congress "allows" E15 to evade summer smog standards, then the ethanol mandate automatically forces E15 on everyone, guaranteed.

“The broken RFS system is eroding America’s refining capacity, creating volatility and threatening our gasoline supplies, and our jobs.”  — Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-OH) Read Senator Hicks-Hudson’s full op-ed to understand what these policies mean for Ohioans and for America’s

“Some independent refiners spend more on RFS compliance fees, called “RINS,” than their total operating costs combined… threaten[ing] high-quality jobs and economic opportunity throughout our region." — Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson (D-OH) Read the full op-ed to understand what’s at

We support @SecretaryWright’s call to boost U.S. diesel supplies, but there is no American energy dominance without domestic refining. The RFS is pushing independent refiners to the brink with crushing compliance costs. The @EPA must lower the ethanol mandate and stop

We agree with @SecretaryWright: America must grow refining capacity. But domestic refining has been declining, in part due to regulations like the Renewable Fuel Standard. For independent refiners, RFS compliance now costs more than all other operating expenses combined. If we

New op-ed from @ddmorganindc and @Mario_A_Loyola in @WSJopinion describes how "the EPA proposes to make refiners take the hit for the exempted backlog of recent years in addition to the excessive mandates for 2026-27. That means higher prices, damage to car engines, and fewer

Can Trump’s EPA Break the Ethanol Habit? by @Mario_A_Loyola and @ddmorganindc https://t.co/50HLFaOppV via @WSJopinion

President Trump is fighting for American energy dominance, but @EPA ’s Renewable Fuel Standard is pushing refineries into extinction. California is on the brink. The Northeast has lost 70% of refining capacity. Meanwhile, China keeps building. We can’t let federal rules