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Energy Situation Recap

Ethanol markets continue to be battered on both sides: the COVID19 related demand drop and the Russia-Saudi Arabia price war supply shock. Ethanol values are following corn up and down with all the other gyrations in the market.   Facing a deadline of Tuesday 31 March (which is the end of the “15 Days to Flatten the Curve” period as well), the Trump Administration has yet to make a decision on whether to challenge the 10th District Federal court decision on EPA’s process for granting small refinery exemptions (SREs). There is much pressure from the biofuels industry and their champions in Congress. A recent letter sent from the House of Representatives asks the President to…  direct EPA to respect t...

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