Group Asks Senate to Consider Biofuels Bills While Addressing Oil Spill, Energy Legislation
by Holly Jessen (Ethanol Producer Magazine) In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, three ethanol industry groups have asked that legislators keep biofuels in mind. “It is likely that the Senate will take up an energy bill, heavy on provisions that respond to the Gulf oil spill, and we’re hopeful that it will also contain important provisions for biofuels,” Brian Jennings, executive vice president of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), told EPM. ACE is one of the three organizations that signed the letter. Also signing on were the National Corn Growers Association and Renewable Fuels Association.
The letter asked Reid to include two ethanol-related bills in the energy legislation. One, the Consumer Fuels and Vehicle Choice Act, a bill to increase the number of flex fuel vehicles and provide grants for installing blender pumps, which was introduced in the Senate last year. On June 30 U.S. Reps. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) introduced a companion bill in the House of Representatives. The second bill is the Green Jobs Act… READ MORE
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