ACTION ALERT: Protect America’s Independent Refiners & Energy Security
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is about to set the highest-ever biofuel mandates under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)—a move that would trigger higher gas prices and reduced domestic refining capacity at a critical moment for America’s energy future.
The federal RFS seeks to mandate more biofuel than can physically be blended into gasoline, given engine and infrastructure limitations. The federal biofuel mandate handpicks winners and losers by forcing American independent refiners to buy costly compliance credits – often from their competitors that control the fuel blending parts of the supply chain.
This system allows multinational companies and large retail chains that control the credits to drive their prices up, raising gas prices and putting American independent refiners at risk in the process.
Now, the EPA proposes historically high mandates detached from market realities and projected demand. If finalized, this rule would impose massive costs and regulatory burdens on American independent refiners that are essential in delivering the fuels we use daily.
America’s refining capacity and tens of thousands of high-quality refining jobs are at stake. It's time for the EPA to stop subsidizing multinational conglomerates and credit traders at the expense of our energy future. We need your help before EPA’s public comment period closes on August 8, 2025!
