EPA's Proposed RFS
"Set 2" Rule

Fact sh
Removal of eRINs

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EPA-420-F-25-008 | June 2025 | Renewable Fuel Standard Program
epa.gov/renewable-fuel-standard-program

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EPA's Proposed RFS "Set 2" Rule
Fact Sheet: Removal of eRINs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a major step
forward to strengthen American energy security and support
American farmers by proposing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS)
volume requirements for 2026 and 2027. In addition to proposing new
volume requirements, the Set 2 package also makes a series of
proposed changes to the program. Foremost of these changes is a
proposal to permanently and comprehensively remove renewable
electricity from the program.

Refocusingthe RFS program on Congressional intent

Today's proposal refocuses the RFS program on its original statutory
goals of supporting rural America and the production of liquid
renewable fuels. To do this, the Set 2 rule proposes to eliminate
electricity as a qualifying pathway under the RFS program.

EPA believes that RINs (RFS credits) from electricity, or "e-RINs,"
should never have been part of the RFS. Congress was clear - the RFS
is about liquid fuels - not electricity. The word "electricity" is not
mentioned once in the RFS Clean Air Act language in contrast to over
fifty references to liquid fuels.

The rule proposes to remove the definition of "renewable electricity"
from our regulations along with the regulations associated with
generating RINs from renewable electricity. EPA has never permitted
the generation of RINs from electricity, and this proposed action, if
finalized, will ensure that no RINs are generated in the future for
electricity used in motor vehicles.

In doing so EPA is re-focusing the program on its core statutory goals.

For more information on the Set 2 Rule, please visit
https://www.epa.gov/renewable fuel standard program

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