Bipartisan group of Senators ask EPA to active renewable electricity within RFS

In Washington, a bipartisan group of nine Senators led by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency administrator this week urging action to activate the renewable electricity pathway in the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Senators’ letter follows a provision in the Interior-EPA Appropriations bill signed by President Trump on February 15 (115 days ago) that “strongly encourage the EPA to process applications from electricity producers to participate in the Renewable Fuel Standard within 90 days.