Oregon and Montana considering renewable fuel requirements

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http://www.ethanolproducer.com/article.jsp?article_id=2753

Oregon’s House of Representatives became the latest legislative body to pass a bill that would require the use of ethanol and/or biodiesel blends in its state’s fuel supply. On March 1, representatives approved House Bill 2210, which if passed into law would require ethanol and biodiesel use in the state.

HB 2210 would put in place a state renewable fuels standard that would require at least 10 percent ethanol by volume in gasoline when in-state ethanol production reaches at least 90 MMgy for three months. The state’s Department of Agriculture would be required to adopt standards for ethanol blended with gasoline sold in Oregon.

If the bill is passed it doesn’t appear it would take long for it to become effective. Oregon has two ethanol plants under construction. Cascade Grain Products LLC is building a 108 MMgy plant near Clatskanie, while Pacific Ethanol Inc. recently began construction on a 35 MMgy plant near Boardman.

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1. Good. Renewable fuels is the future. Most of all, it is a job creator, since

there is great demand for it.