As expected, last Friday the EPA published its final rule to allow year-round E15 sales. That rule included a much scaled-down proposal regarding the trading and holding of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs), which the agency said is a way to increases transparency to deter price manipulation. This is one of the EPA’s original four proposals on RINs. Obligated parties will be required to report on a quarterly basis both their separated RIN holdings, provided those holdings exceed 3 percent of the party’s implied Required Volume Obligation (RVO), as well as their RIN inventory measured against 130 percent of their total implied conventional renewable fuel obligation. The reporting would be limited to a simple “yes&rdq...
Key Market Insights The broad market is locked in on this week’s Trump-Xi meeting in Beijing, but this is no longer just a trade summit. Increasingly, the meeting is becoming tied directly to Iran, energy security, and the growing global economic fallout from disruptions through the Strai...
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