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(Iowa Renewable Fuels Association/Biobased Diesel Daily) More than 200 biofuel advocates from around Iowa packed the State Capitol rotunda to show support for the Iowa Biofuels Access Bill.

House File 2128 passed the Iowa House in February by a strong bipartisan vote of 82 to 10 and is now pending in the Iowa Senate. Members of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, Iowa Corn Growers Association, and Iowa Soybean Association gathered to encourage the Senate to pass the bill. The bill was originally introduced by Gov. Kim Reynolds.

“Recent geopolitical disruptions and subsequent energy price spikes serve as a stark reminder of the importance of homegrown renewable energy solutions like biofuels,” said Devin Mogler, IRFA president. “The Governor’s Iowa Biofuels Access Bill would help ensure that consumers have a choice for lower cost, cleaner options from right here in Iowa.”

HF2128 would give Iowa drivers increased access to biofuel blends like B20. It would also expand fuel retailers’ grant opportunities to upgrade infrastructure to offer higher blends while also protecting older stations from having to make costly upgrades.

To learn more about the Iowa Biofuels Access Bill, click here.  READ MORE

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Excerpt from NE Iowa News:  Last month, the Iowa House overwhelmingly approved a bill that expands the biofuels market in Iowa by requiring gas stations to sell fuel with higher blends of ethanol unless they obtain an exemption because of inadequate equipment. Speaking on KMA’s “Morning Line’ program Wednesday morning, State Representative Cecil Dolecheck says the bill contained a number of provisions designed to boost E-15 sales–and help gas stations with conversions to ethanol-based fuel sales.

“We scaled it back some,” said Dolecheck, “put some more money into the fund to help to be able to help smaller gas stations retrofit their smaller stations, and also gave them exemptions, basically, if they didn’t have the capability, and didn’t want to. So, basically, we would go to an E-15 standard for ethanol, instead of an E-10 to increase the usage of ethanol across the state. It also has a biofuels piece in it for E-20 for diesel blends, and stuff for the soybeans.”

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However, action on the bill is stalled in the Iowa Senate. Dolecheck says lawmakers on that side of the chamber are more focused on education-related bills and changes to the state’s unemployment benefit system.  READ MORE