Fifteen Iowa retailers asked the Biden administration to issue waivers to permit the sale of E15 for the 2024 summer driving season. While the administration did approve the eight Midwest Governor’s E15 request for the 2025 summer season, the long-delayed authorization still puts uncertainty in front of consumers and retailers in the short-term.
“Daily, our customers are feeling the brunt of the fuel market and continue to see gasoline prices increase at the pump,” retailers said in the letter submitted to the Biden Administration today. “Iowans will not be able to find the needed relief in their pocketbooks without the ability to fill-up their family vehicle with E15.”
Almost two years after the eight Midwest governors submitted their request, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the solution in February 2024. Historically, the Biden administration issued emergency waivers for summer E15 use in 2022 and 2023.
“Now more than ever, we want to keep selling E15, and our customers want to keep buying E15 to save money. While we support the solution for 2025 and beyond, we are encouraging the administration to use its waiver authority to permit the sale of E15 fuel for the 2024 summer driving season and extend the Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver from June 1 through September 15,” stated the letter.
The retailers who signed the letter were: Maverick/Kum & Go, Growmark FS, New Century FS, New Cooperative, Five Star Cooperative, Sundstop LLC, Zubs Shop, Cresco Fast Stop, Cubby’s, RocStop, RAM Inc., The Corner Store, Linn Coop Oil Co., Thomson’s Filling Station, and Farmers Mutual Town & Country.
A copy of the letter can be found here.
