Grassley, Ernst, Fischer, Ricketts, Marshall Pen WSJ Letter to the Editor: The Market Has Spoken: E15 Is a Net Positive

Grassley, Ernst, Fischer, Ricketts, Marshall Pen WSJ Letter to the Editor: The Market Has Spoken: E15 Is a Net Positive

"Securing year-round, nationwide E15 is at the forefront of our agenda."

WASHINGTON - In a Wall Street Journal Letter to the Editor, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) outlined the benefits of E15, including lower gas prices for consumers, and reaffirmed their commitment to providing affordable options for families by securing permanent, year-round, nationwide E15.

Text of their Letter to the Editor follows:

Regarding your editorial "An Ethanol Extortion Play" (May 11): When we talk with our constituents, we hear about high gas and diesel prices. We have a solution that will bring down fuel prices for Americans: E15 fuel, 15% ethanol, 85% gasoline. Legislation allowing year-round, nationwide sales of E15 has bipartisan support in the House and Senate. Opponents, the most vocal of which are a handful of oil refineries, are trying to stop it. Your editorial mirrors their misguided talking points.

Expanding E15 availability lowers gas prices by 20 to 40 cents per gallon on average. That could mean around $400 per year in savings for a U.S. household-precious dollars that could be spent on other needs.

E15 has been in the marketplace by presidential waiver for eight years. In that time, not one refinery has closed because of E15 availability. And, for all the talk of smog worries, data from Growth Energy shows E15 reduces smog-forming pollutants. Likewise, despite concerns voiced in some quarters, existing fuel infrastructure can be used for E15, just as it can for the E10 fuel Americans usually buy.

The market has spoken: E15 is a net positive. We know E15 will lower prices at the pump, and we're committed to providing affordable options for families. Securing year-round, nationwide E15 is at the forefront of our agenda.

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), Joni Ernst (R., Iowa), Deb Fischer (R., Neb.), Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) and Roger Marshall (R., Kan.)

Washington

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