The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will proceed with Biden-era plans to allow the year-round sale of higher-ethanol E15 fuel, a longtime ask of midwestern lawmakers and the biofuels industry.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency would maintain the agreed-upon date of April 28 to make the fuel available in eight states. The governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin had requested waivers to sell the fuel throughout the year rather than only the high-demand summer months. The governors had pushed for year-round E15 going back to 2022, when gas prices and energy prices in general spiked after Russia invaded Ukraine. Iowa and Nebraska sued to compel the agency to offer the fuel year-round in 2023.
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