American Coalition For Ethanol

Increase ethanol demand and valuee15 year-roundexpressed gratitude for the biden administration allowing e15 to be sold in eight midwest states. However, since the rule wasn't set to be effective until april 2025, ace rallied industry advocates to call on the epa and president biden to issue emergency waivers for the 2024 summer months, which the epa delivered on. Ace continues to actively support bipartisan, bicameral legislation in congress, the nationwide consumer and fuel retailer choice act, to ensure nationwide and permanent e15 availability. Protecting the renewable fuel standard the u.s. Court of appeals for the d.c. Circuit issued an order vacating most of the u.s. Epa's 2022 denials of petitions for small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standard (rfs) obligations and remanding those petitions to epa for further proceedings. Ace, along with the renewable fuels association and growth energy, intervened on epa's behalf in the litigation and are evaluating next steps as a coalition to continue to protect and defend the rfs.

Develop new markets and usesretailer-focused website and ad updateswhen usda's higher blends infrastructure incentive program (hbiip) received additional funding through the inflation reduction act, ace updated its retailer-focused website, flexfuelforward.com, to easily direct prospective e15 and flex fuels retailers to information about applying for and obtaining part of the $450 million in newly available competitive grants. During the latest five quarters of availability, ace helped 170 marketers, from michigan to arizona and california to connecticut, to access the usda website and apply for hbiip grants.ethanol education on the road throughout the year, ace expanded its outreach to petroleum marketers by attending several industry trade shows and workshops. These events allowed ace to address key questions from potential higher-blend ethanol marketers regarding infrastructure compatibility, best practices for promoting e15 and e85, opportunities related to usda's hbiip, which concluded this fall, and most importantly, the economic advantages available to retailers offering higher ethanol blends.building international ethanol demandace cmo ron lamberty represented the organization at several key u.s. Grains council (usgc) events, including the international marketing conference and annual member meeting in guatemala city and the annual board of delegates meeting in salt lake city, utah. He also spoke at the council's "cultivando energa" (growing energy) conference, hosted by the inter-american institute for cooperation on agriculture (iica) in costa rica, where he also met with fuel marketers and government regulators following the conference. Additionally, ace welcomed a usgc-sponsored crop tour team of 18 corn and coproduct buyers from korea to its sioux falls office.