The Biden administration is slated to grant a request from Midwestern state leaders to allow the year-round sale of higher blends of ethanol in gasoline beginning in 2025, a decision likely to be met with mixed reactions from the states, which had pushed for the expansion but not the delayed start date.
The action, reported by Reuters, would fulfill a petition filed in 2022 by the governors of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, who had asked the administration for year-round sales of E15 gasoline, which is 15% ethanol.
While the 2025 start date is far later than Midwestern states had hoped, the Environmental Protection Agency could grant the states temporary authorization in the near term to enable E15 sales as needed, Reuters reported.
The administration is
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