Iowa legislature targets anti-competitive acts by oil refiners against renewable fuels
In Iowa, the Iowa Legislature approved legislation (H.F. 640) preventing oil refiners’ supply agreements from directly or indirectly limiting the ability of local retailers to offer the ethanol and biodiesel blends they choose.
The provision was based on a law enacted in South Dakota in 2011 and addresses specific, anti-competition provisions from actual refiner supply agreements.
As a result, new supply agreements will not be allowed to: restrict fuels from other suppliers; Restrict installing a blender pump; restrict using current equipment from offering higher blends, like E15, E85, and B20; restrict ethanol or biodiesel blends from being advertised; restrict the locations where a retailer may offer the higher blends (like under a canopy); or restrict payment for higher blends to cash only (no credit cards).
Category: Policy
