Democrats Prod EPA to Revive Biofuel Credit for Electric Cars

Congressional Democrats are prodding the US government to share longstanding biofuel incentives with electric vehicles, insisting the EPA should swiftly create new tradeable credits tied to EV charging and adjust renewable fuel quotas accordingly.

• EPA shelved its plan to allow automakers to generate eRIN credits tied to charging EVs with power from renewable biomass while setting US biofuel-blending quotas earlier this year
• Further delay “introduces unnecessary risk and jeopardizes billions of dollars that could be invested in accelerating electric vehicle adoption and new low-carbon electricity production,” the nine lawmakers say in letter to agency Administrator Michael Regan
  • “There is simply ...