The lawmakers said the EPA is in violation of the EISA for not having conducted a study of how an eRINs program would affect the economy. 1, 2024, and apply to calendar years 20.' Under the proposed rule, the eRIN regulatory provisions would go into effect on Jan. 'However, EPA's proposed rule significantly changes how RINs would be addressed under the RFS program to allow for blended transportation fuel produced from renewable biomass to generate eRINs for electric vehicles. 'The RFS is intended to focus on liquid transportation fuels, and not to be used as a tool to electrify transportation,' the letter said. The lawmakers told Regan the 2007 RFS was designed to encourage the use of certain blends of gasoline for vehicles. Second, the lawmakers said the Clean Air Act does not list electric vehicle manufacturers as parties that can generate RINs. In a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan on Tuesday, 28 Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee told Regan there are significant problems with the agency's approach to eRINs.įirst, the agency never conducted a study required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, or EISA, on the feasibility of an eRINs program. (DTN) - A group of federal lawmakers is raising questions about the legality of EPA's proposal to create a so-called electricity renewable identification numbers, or eRINs, program in the Renewable Fuel Standard.Īs part of a multiyear RFS set proposal due for finalization in June, the EPA is seeking comment on the use of eRINs to incentivize the expansion of the electric vehicle industry as well as for electricity produced using biomass. House Republicans are questioning the legality of expanding the Renewable Fuel Standard to incentivize electric vehicle production.

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