Clean Fuels celebrates 20th anniversary of RFS

Clean Fuels Alliance America celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard Aug. 8, signed into law on the same date in 2005 as part of the Energy Policy Act. 

Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Nebraska, and Rep. Max Miller, R-Ohio, recently led the introduction of a bipartisan, bicameral congressional resolution (S.Res.364 and H.Res.628) recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Renewable Fuel Standard.  

The resolution honors the RFS “as a milestone in America’s commitment to strengthening energy security, supporting rural communities, growing the economy and improving environmental performance.”  

It further “recognizes the positive impacts of the RFS on United States energy policy, the agricultural sector, and the environment over the past two decades.” 

Clean Fuels Alliance America and its members applaud the congressional resolution and thank all cosponsors in both the House and Senate. 

“Clean Fuels thanks Sen. Pete Ricketts and Rep. Max Miller and their colleagues for honoring the Renewable Fuel Standard’s foundational role in strengthening America’s energy and farm security,” said Kurt Kovarik, Clean Fuels’ vice president of federal affairs.

“Under the RFS over the last 20 years, U.S. biodiesel and renewable diesel production has grown from a few hundred million gallons to 5 billion gallons, meeting 9 percent of the nation’s on-road diesel demand,” Kovarik continued. “Biodiesel and renewable diesel production is vital for America’s economy, supporting $42.4 billion in economic opportunity. It is essential to America’s farmers, supporting 10 percent of the value of every soybean grown in the United States. With robust RFS volumes proposed for the coming years, the benefits keep growing.”