National year round E15 sales were not included in the year end final stopgap government funding bill. However, the issue could still be building momentum heading into 2025.
E15 sales, including in the summer driving season, were a part of the earliest stopgap bill and did not make the final bill when it failed to gain GOP traction. But the mere fact it was in the first bill may mean it picks up steam next year. American Farm Bureau’s Joe Gilson.
Eight Midwest states won EPA approval for year-round E15 sales after several years of summertime waivers.
It has taken House and Senate bills to jump-start the push for national year-round sales. Now, Gilson says the stopgap may have just provided the needed spark.
He predicts with bipartisan support being in the first stopgap and earlier bills by Rep. Adrian Smith and Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska, year-round E15 could prevail early in the new year.
