Democratic Representatives urge EPA to include eRINs in the RFS

In Washington, Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) led a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging the EPA to finalize a generation pathway for electric renewable identification numbers (eRINs) for electricity produced from renewable biomass and used as transportation fuel under the long-approved renewable electricity pathway of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). EPA included the eRINs program as part of the Renewable Fuel Standard proposed rule, but this program was not included when the rule was finalized in June. In the letter, the lawmakers insist that EPA finalize an eRINs program as proposed before the end of September and begin approving registration applications to allow for eRIN generation in 2024. 

In addition to Pingree, the letter was signed by Reps. John Garamendi (D-Calif.), Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.), Annie Kuster (D-N.H.), Mike Levin (D-Calif.), Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.), Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.), and Scott Peters (D-Calif.).