Congress enacted the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2005 and expanded it in 2007 to reduce America’s dependence on foreign crude oil by encouraging the use of domestic, environmentally friendly renewable fuels in our gasoline and diesel. Unfortunately, the RFS has been nothing more than many years of failed policy that is hurting consumers and businesses, and may ultimately force Americans to pay more at the pump.

 

“In the nearly 10 years since the establishment of the RFS, the program has fallen short
of its legislative goals and is in need of structural revision.”

Doug Parker

Former Director of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division

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THE LOOMING CRISIS FOR THE U.S. ECONOMY
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The EPA must address the structural deficiencies of the Renewable Fuel Standard
in order to prevent further significant harm to many merchant refiners and small refiners, as well as consumers and American businesses.
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IF OIL REFINERS CRASH, SO WILL THE ECONOMY
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In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Carl Icahn, Chairman of Icahn Enterprises, explains how the broken Renewable Fuel Standard program is ruining merchant oil refiners, which is bad for business and national security.
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RIN COSTS AND THEIR WIDELY VARYING IMPACT ON REFINERS AND REFINING

Amy Kalt, consultant and manager of analytical services at Baker & O’Brien, explains how the financial burden of Renewable Identification Numbers is not felt equally across the industry, as companies with integrated marketing operations (refining, blending and retailing) do not face the same RINs-cost albatross as merchant refiners who do not have retail operations.  __

FIXING THE RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD
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The Department of Energy in its 2011 study for Congress, predicted that parties that generated RINs through blending would have a significant economic advantage over refineries that complied by purchasing RINs.

THE RFS IS BROKEN AND MUST BE FIXED
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In an open letter to American consumers, Congress and the EPA, Jack Lipinski, CEO of CVR Refining, explains the issues with the RFS, why consumers should care and what the EPA needs to do to fix this broken program.

THE BROKEN RFS IS HURTING SMALL FUEL RETAILERS
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In addition to threatening the viability of many merchant and small refiners, the broken RFS is harming small fuel retailers. Please visit www.smallretailerscoalition.com to learn more about these issues and how they impact you.

THREE THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE RFS

While noble in its intent, the RFS is broken and must be fixed immediately.

The RFS Blender Loophole places a costly and unfair burden on the wrong entities, which thwarts the intent of the law.

The EPA can fix the broken RFS, but has yet to do so. Congress must tell the EPA to ACT NOW to protect consumers from RFS-related harm at the pump.

TAKE ACTION!

It's Time to Fix the RFS
CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS
What Is The RFS, And Why Does It Exist?
How Can The RFS Be Fixed?
What Is The Problem With The RFS?
What Can I Do To Fix The RFS?
How Does The RFS Affect Me?
What Are Others Saying?