Patience Needed for 15% Ethanol Blends

The House is creating an E15 Rural Domestic Energy Council. It will consider the issues related to year-round E15. The council needs to submit its legislative recommendations to Congress no later than February 15, with a bill considered by February 25, “While that looks good on paper, it’s going to take some time for that to come into effect and really move on our market,” said Minnesota Corn Growers Association President Wes Beck. Minnesota has over 600 gas stations pumping E88 right now. “The rest of the country does not have that infrastructure.”