Today’s guest is Kurt Kovarik, Vice President of Federal Affairs with Clean Fuels Alliance America, who joins Tony St. James to discuss EPA’s proposed reallocation of renewable fuel volumes lost through additional small refinery exemptions.
Kovarik explains the choice between restoring those volumes across 2026 and 2027 or delaying the full amount until 2027. He also discusses elevated diesel prices, the role biodiesel and renewable diesel play in U.S. distillate supplies, expanding domestic soybean crush capacity and how Renewable Fuel Standard policy influences investment and agricultural demand.