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Growth Energy touts benefits of biofuels, year-round E15 at Des Moines Earth Day event
A biofuels expert says the EPA’s emergency waiver allowing sales of E15 fuel blends this summer provides certainty for retailers.
Jake Comer, vice president of market development for Growth Energy, says regulatory certainty was needed for locations that have made significant fuel infrastructure investments. “If you were to total up how much retailers have spent to offer E15 and E85, it’d be in the hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars.”
He tells Brownfield a permanent fix needs to be prioritized by Congress to help eliminate yearly emergency waivers. “Why would you take away a lower price fuel that people clearly want? They’re buying it today. With Congress, you never know, but at least we’re seeing some positive movement.”
Comer says year-round sales also help increase profitability for farmers.
He spoke to Brownfield at a Growth Energy Earth Day gathering in Des Moines, Iowa on Monday.
AUDIO: Jake Comer with Growth Energy
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