Update: Biden to Visit Menlo Ethanol Plant, Make E15 Announcement

(Des Moines, IA) — President Biden will visit an Iowa ethanol plant today (Tuesday) to highlight steps to expand the use of “homegrown” biofuels. He’s also expected to announce that the E-P-A will issue a waiver so E-15 — gasoline with a 15 percent ethanol blend — can be sold nationwide all year long. Under current regulations, E-15 cannot be sold in most of the country between June First and September 15th. The leader of a trade association for the ethanol industry says this is welcome news for all American drivers seeking lower-cost options at the pump. The U-S-D-A is providing 100 million dollars in grants for installing or upgrading gas station equipment that can dispense gasoline with higher blends of ethanol and diesel with a higher concentration of a soybean-based additive.