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RFS Power Coalition Testifies at EPA Hearing: It’s Time for the Federal Government to Do Its Job and Process eRIN Applications and Pathways
Senator Collins and Senator Merkley Lead Letter Urging EPA Action on RFS Electricity Pathway
21 Members of Congress Send Letter to EPA Urging Processing of Outstanding RFS Applications, Including Electricity
RFS Power Coalition Announces Supporting Organizations
Coalition Pleased to Welcome EESI, 25×25, California Biomass Energy Alliance and California Rice Commission as Supporters Washington, DC – May 1, 2019 – The RFS Power Coalition today announced four supporting organizations, representing a wide range of stakeholders who support the inclusion of electricity in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The Environmental and Energy Study […]
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RFS Power Coalition Applauds Passage of Interior Appropriations Bill
Both Senate and House Interior & EPA Appropriations Bills Encourage EPA to Process eRIN Applications within 90 Days Washington, DC – February 15, 2019 – The RFS Power Coalition today applauded H.J. Res. 31, the spending bill passed by both the House and the Senate. The committee report of the Interior-EPA portion of the spending […]
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RFS Power Coalition Launches to Secure Role for Electricity Producers in the Renewable Fuel Standard
Both Senate and House Interior & EPA Appropriations Bills Encourage EPA to Process eRIN Applications within 90 Days Washington, DC – February 11, 2019 – Three trade associations representing renewable electricity producers today announced the launch of the RFS Power Coalition. The coalition’s purpose is to get the EPA to implement a law passed by […]
EPA Faces New Pressure to Act on Backlog of RFS Applications
EPA is facing new pressure to quickly approve requests from bioenergy producers to qualify under the federal renewable fuel standard, a move the industry says is long overdue. Prodded by producers of biomass, biogas and similar energy sources, congressional appropriators last week urged EPA to decide within 90 days on a backlog of applications under […]
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New Power Coalition Seeks Role for Electricity Producers in RFS Program
Efforts are underway to correct what is, at best, an oversight that has left a wide range of renewable energy generation out of the regulatory purview of the nation’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). By not including qualifying renewable electricity as eligible under the RFS as a fuel for electric vehicles (EVs), those who generate these […]
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Groups Sue EPA Over Failure to Add E-RINS to 2019 RVO
Three biomass energy trade groups are suing EPA over the agency’s failure to include in its final 2019 Renewable Volume Obligations (RVO) cellulosic biofuel from renewable natural gas used to make electricity. […]
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Biomass Producers Sue EPA for Share of Biofuels Bonanza
(Updates fourth and fifth paragraphs with additional detail on industries and RFS participation. A previous version of this story was corrected in the 12th paragraph to reflect the number of gallons.) […]
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Goal for 2019: Get Electricity Included in RFS
Happy New Year to all in the biomass industry. This year, we are kicking off with a new Congress. The House will be led by a Democratic majority, while the Senate will remain Republican-led. In light of the new dynamics, we thought we would look at what that could mean for biomass, and what we […]
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