ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- NATSO, representing truck stops
and travel plazas, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers,
commended the Biden Administration for permitting summertime sales
of gasoline containing 15 percent ethanol (E15) to ensure optimal
fuel availability for consumers during the busy summer driving
season.
Allowing E15 to be sold during the peak driving season will help
to ensure the nation does not experience disruptions in the fuel
supply or higher costs for consumers should unforeseen
circumstances tighten supplies. E15 helps lower fuel prices for
consumers while enhancing the industry's fuel options and improving
the carbon intensity of those fuels.
"E15 enables fuel retailers to improve gasoline's emissions
characteristics while lowering fuel prices at the pump," said
David Fialkov, Executive Vice
President of Government Affairs at NATSO and SIGMA. "Allowing the
summer sale of E15 will help to ensure consistent, reasonably
priced gasoline supply across the nation."
NATSO and SIGMA, which represent 80 percent of motor fuel sales
in the United States, have long
supported a legislative fix to permanently allow year-round E15.
Increasing the availability of higher blends of renewable fuels can
save consumers money while reducing carbon emissions from ground
transportation.
As NATSO and SIGMA said in their letter to EPA urging the
agency to take this action, geopolitical factors that necessitated
action from EPA during the 2022 and 2023 summer driving seasons
have persisted in 2024. The war in Ukraine coupled with recent unrest in the
Middle East risk injecting
volatility into the supply chain during months when supplies can
shift quickly due to higher seasonal demand or unexpected market
disruptions, such as hurricanes or refinery outages.
About NATSO and SIGMA
NATSO is the trade association of America's travel
plaza and truck stop industry. Founded in 1960, NATSO represents
the industry on legislative and regulatory matters; serves as the
official source of information on the diverse travel plaza and
truck stop industry; provides education to its members; conducts an
annual convention and trade show; and supports efforts to generally
improve the business climate in which its members operate. Contact:
Tiffany Wlazlowski Neuman, Vice
President, Public Affairs. 202-365-9459
SIGMA is the national trade association representing
the most successful, progressive, and innovative fuel marketers and
chain retailers in the United
States and Canada. Founded
in 1958 as the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America
(SIGMA), SIGMA has become a fixture in the motor fuel marketing
industry. Representing a diverse membership of approximately 250
independent chain retailers and marketers of motor fuel, the
association serves to further the interests of both the branded and
unbranded segment of the industry while providing information and
services to members. For more information visit SIGMA.org.
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