U.S. Renewable Energy Policy and Industry
Renewable Fuel Standard
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RFS1: 2005
Required gasoline refiners
or importers to meet
specific volume-based
requirements for biofuels.
7.5 billion gallons of
renewable fuel to be
blended into gasoline by
2012.
Renewable identification
numbers assigned to each
gallon of qualifying fuel to
demonstrate compliance
and are traded as credits.
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RFS2:
2007 Amendment
Increased the volume of
renewable fuel blend from 9
billion gallons in 2008 to 36
billion gallons by 2022.
Included diesel in addition to
gasoline, included new
categories of renewable fuel
(ethanol, biodiesel, and
cellulosic biofuels, and other
advanced biofuels), and set
separate volume
requirements for each one.
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Revised Quotas 2014-2016
EPA proposed new renewable
volume obligations for biofuels
in the United States for 2014-
2016.
Cut corn ethanol and cellulosic
biofuel markets below the
original RFS2.
Biodiesel sees continued
increase from 2014-2016.
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The new regulations still must
be finalized to be in effect.
EPA Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016
Renewable Fuel
Biomass-based
diesel
Cellulosic
Biofuels
Other advanced
Total biofuel
Original
New
Original
Proposed
New
Proposed
Original
New
Proposed
Original
New
Proposed
Original
New
Proposed
2014
14.4
13.3
1.0
1.6
1.7
0.0
1.0
0.2
18.1
15.9
2015
15.0
13.4
1.0
1.7
3.0
0.1
1.5
0.2
20.5
16.3
2016
15.2
14.0
1.0
1.8
4.2
0.2
2.0
0.5
22.5
17.4
Source: EPA Proposed Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016, and the Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2017. Washington, D.C.: EPA.
Accessed September 2015, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2015-06-10/pdf/2015-13956.pdf. (billion gallons)
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