EPA Rule Easing Fuel Ethanol Limits Projects Little Increase In E15 Use

EPA’s final rule authorizing summertime sales of 15 percent ethanol fuel (E15) to help meet renewable fuel standard goals projects very little increase in use of the fuel -- despite the insistence of EPA air chief Bill Wehrum that it will increase E15 sales significantly and mark a big “win” for ethanol producers. “We believe that providing E15 with the . . . waiver will not result in a significant expansion of E15 offered at retail stations,” the final rule...