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Werner: year-round E15 could bring clarity to SRE impacts and RIN markets

The director of the Minnesota Biofuels Association suggests certainty on year-round nationwide E15 could expedite renewable volume obligations for 2026 and 2027.

Brian Werner tells Brownfield E15 legislation could include changes to EPA’s small refinery exemption process.

“Which I think would also help us to kind of better forecast what the potential RIN impacts will be from the SRE program. Being able to kind of forecast that while including E15 I think would just give all market participants more certainty about what the volumes are going to be.”

He tells Brownfield year-round E15 would be a significant demand boost for ethanol.

“But also the demand decreases potentially from SRE’s going forward. So I think just having more information and having more certainty is just always going to be a better thing for all market participants, both renewable fuel producers but also refiners as well.”

The EPA has yet to finalize its proposed renewable fuel standards for 2026 and 2027 that were announced last June.