The CEO of Growth Energy says the EPA needs to issue an E15 emergency waiver quickly if the fuel is going to be available this summer.
Emily Skor says the EPA allowed E15 last summer, because of the volatility to the U.S. fuel supply, combined with environmental and cost benefits. She says those dynamics are still at play, “It’s still very much kind of a factor and top of mind, so our hope is that we hear something from EPA this week or next week, in time for consumers to have this fuel uninterrupted.”
She says EPA action is needed by early May if E15 is going to be widely available, “Retailers change to their summer fuel on June 1st, so that is really the ultimate timetable, but the fuel supply needs several weeks of advance notice.
