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The Environmental Protection Agency does not disclose which companies receive these waivers. Ben Lieberman, an energy expert at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, stated that the industry's lobbying to reduce exemptions indicates the cost is very likely significant for small refineries.

From 2009 to 2020, the ethanol industry received more than $60 million from the Agriculture Department to develop next-generation biofuels, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense.

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 expanded tax credits and subsidies for clean and alternative fuels, and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passed last summer adjusted eligibility for a key tax credit to include more ethanol facilities. 1 billion through fiscal year 2035.

E15 typically sells for 5 to 10 cents less per gallon than gasoline with lower ethanol content, though it is less energy-dense and may reduce fuel efficiency in some vehicles.

Joshua Sewell, director of research and policy at Taxpayers for Common Sense, stated that year-round E15 sales would help the ethanol industry and no one else. Sewell added that ending President Donald Trump's tariffs on foreign goods would create more stability and predictability for farmers, consumers, and taxpayers, as those tariffs have increased prices for fertilizer and other farm inputs.

The federal government provided multibillion-dollar bailouts to farmers in both the first and second Trump administrations to offset trade policy impacts.

The R Street Institute estimates the Renewable Fuel Standard added nearly $164 billion in costs to consumers from 2014 to 2023. Rep. ) introduced an amendment to the House Farm Bill to end the standard entirely.

5% in the 12 months through March, the largest increase since May 2023 and above the central bank's 2% target. U.S. 85 per gallon nationwide.

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