WASHINGTON — Anthony Juanillo is the kind of driver who is “willing to go that extra mile to save a few bucks” filling up his tank.And so he wheeled his grey Mitsubishi SUV on a recent summer morning to the QuikTrip in Oak Cliff after researching gasoline prices on his phone and passing on other service stations down the road. All for just a few cents per gallon.“I have waited in line for a pump here,” said Juanillo, who’s in his mid-30s.That thrifty impulse held by motorists in Texas and across the U.S. plays into a fight that’s emerged over an obscure part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s complicated regulations concerning renewable fuels like corn ethanol.The particulars are seemingly mundane: which entities should be responsible for making sure the proper amounts of biofuel are blended into gasoline. The same goes for the main point of contention: some players are better positioned than others to take advantage of the current setup.But the stakes are high, as the prospect of remaking a high-dollar commodity market has major ramifications in an industry where pennies on the gallon matter all the way to the pump. Continue reading...
Rift Over Renewable Fuel Credits Divides Energy Industry All the Way to the Gas Pump
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