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Category: Policy

RFS tells USDA climate-smart agriculture is a unique opportunity to decarbonize biofuels

RFS tells USDA climate-smart agriculture is a unique opportunity to decarbonize biofuels

October 1, 2024 |

In Washington, testimony at a USDA public consultation on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and biofuel feedstocks, RFA President and CEO Geoff Cooper endorsed the “extraordinary opportunity” for CSA to help decarbonize renewable fuels and urged federal agencies, including the Treasury Department, to embrace book-and-claim supply chain management approaches. “If 45Z and other regulations require that physical commodities […]

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Bipartisan Congressmen introduce Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

Bipartisan Congressmen introduce Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act

September 30, 2024 |

In Washington, Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Angie Craig (D-MN) along with Reps. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Sharice Davids (D-KS) introduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to enable the year-round, nationwide sale of […]

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US senator announces new legislation to block American taxpayer money from going to biofuels made with foreign feedstocks

US senator announces new legislation to block American taxpayer money from going to biofuels made with foreign feedstocks

September 27, 2024 |

In Washington D.C., U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced the introduction of his new bipartisan legislation to block taxpayer money from being used to subsidize biofuels produced using imported foreign feedstocks such as Chinese used cooking oil and Brazilian ethanol.  The bill would also extend the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit. The 45Z Clean Fuel […]

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Sens. Ernst and Klobuchar demand USDA keep HBIIP operational

Sens. Ernst and Klobuchar demand USDA keep HBIIP operational

September 26, 2024 |

In Washington, as the deadline to extend the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP) rapidly approaches, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is demanding certainty for consumers, biofuel producers, and retail store owners by requesting the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) keep the program operational. She partnered with Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and led three of […]

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Treasury and IRS provide guidance for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

Treasury and IRS provide guidance for Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit

September 25, 2024 |

In Washington, the Department of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations to provide guidance for the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Refueling Property Credit. The Inflation Reduction Act amended the credit for qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property. The changes apply to qualified alternative fuel vehicle refueling property placed in service after Dec. 31, 2022, […]

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Congressmen launch Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act in House and Senate

Congressmen launch Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act in House and Senate

September 24, 2024 |

In Washington, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. introduced the bicameral and bipartisan Farmer First Fuel Incentives Act requiring the Treasury Department to restrict the eligibility of the 45Z Tax Credit to renewable fuels made only from domestically sourced feedstocks and extending the tax credit to make it a full ten-year credit.  This bill is co-led with Senator […]

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RFA concerned Trump would repeal IRA if president

RFA concerned Trump would repeal IRA if president

September 23, 2024 |

In Washington, Brownfield Ag News reports the Renewable Fuels Association is worried that if former President Trump returns to the White House, he will drop the Inflation Reduction Act and along with it important tax breaks for the biofuels sector such as the 45Z sustainable aviation fuel credit. The RFA is encouraged, however, to see […]

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State regulators approve Georgia Power biomass plans despite criticism

State regulators approve Georgia Power biomass plans despite criticism

September 20, 2024 |

In Georgia, Georgia Recorder reported that Georgia regulators have signed off on a controversial Georgia Power plan to build new biomass power plants that will burn wood waste other organic material to generate electricity. With a 4-1 vote, the Georgia Public Service Commission endorsed Georgia Power’s plans to add nearly 80 megawatts of biomass energy, […]

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US and India team up for clean energy, bet big on hydrogen and green fuels

US and India team up for clean energy, bet big on hydrogen and green fuels

September 18, 2024 |

In Washington D.C. U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Indian Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri met to review the progress of the U.S.-India Strategic Clean Energy Partnership. The partnership seeks to enhance clean energy innovation, strengthen energy security, and accelerate the clean energy transitions in both countries. Key areas of progress […]

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Habeck pushes for EU rule relaxation on green hydrogen production

Habeck pushes for EU rule relaxation on green hydrogen production

September 17, 2024 |

In Germany, Handelsblatt reports Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck is advocating for a relaxation of the EU’s stringent climate protection rules concerning green hydrogen production. During a visit to Evonik’s chemical plant in Essen on Monday, Habeck argued that the current EU framework, which requires hydrogen to be produced exclusively from additional renewable energy sources, […]

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