Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025 changes how EPA handles Renewable Fuel Standard obligations tied to small refinery exemptions. When a small refinery receives an extension of an exemption under Clean Air Act section 211(o)(9)(B), EPA may not reallocate that refinery's renewable fuel obligation to other persons for that calendar year. At the same time, when determining the renewable fuel obligations for a person, EPA must include gasoline or diesel refined by a small refinery owned or operated by that person and covered by an exemption extension in the total fuel volume produced or imported that year. The practical effect is to prevent exempt small-refinery obligations from being shifted to other obligated parties while keeping the exempt volumes in the owner's or operator's RFS volume calculation.
Who Benefits and How
Small refinery owners with exemption extensions benefit because their exempt obligations cannot be shifted to other obligated parties. Fuel consumers benefit if preventing reallocation avoids passing additional compliance costs into fuel prices. Other obligated fuel refiners benefit because EPA may not reallocate exempt small-refinery obligations to them. Renewable fuel compliance planners benefit from clearer treatment of exempt small-refinery volumes.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA renewable fuel staff must calculate obligations without reallocating exempt small-refinery volumes to other persons. Small refinery owners must still include exempt refinery gasoline or diesel volumes in total produced or imported volume calculations. Renewable fuel producers may face less demand for credits if exempt obligations are not reallocated. Biofuel advocacy organizations lose a pathway for preserving aggregate renewable fuel obligations through reallocation.
Key Provisions
- Prohibits EPA from reallocating renewable fuel obligations from exempt small refineries to other persons.
- Requires exempt small-refinery gasoline or diesel volumes to remain included in the owner's or operator's total fuel volume.
- Amends Clean Air Act Renewable Fuel Standard small refinery exemption calculations for each calendar year.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Prohibits EPA from reallocating renewable fuel obligations from small refineries with extended exemptions to other obligated parties and requires exempt small-refinery gasoline or diesel volumes to remain included in the owner's or operator's total produced or imported fuel volume when determining renewable fuel obligations.
Key Policy Areas
Renewable Fuel Standard, Refineries, EPA
Primary Purpose
Prohibits EPA from reallocating renewable fuel obligations from small refineries with extended exemptions to other obligated parties and requires exempt small-refinery gasoline or diesel volumes to remain included in the owner's or operator's total produced or imported fuel volume when determining renewable fuel obligations.
Policy Domains
Resolution provisions
Identified Gains
- Small refinery owners with exemption extensions
- Fuel consumers
- Other obligated fuel refiners
- Renewable fuel compliance planners
Identified Costs
- EPA renewable fuel staff
- Small refinery owners
- Renewable fuel producers
- Biofuel advocacy organizations
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Kennedy of Utah introduced the following bill; which was …
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
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Other obligated fuel refiners, Small refinery owners with exemption extensions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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