5 public companies told the SEC they depend on Renewable Fuel Standard.

“Small refinery RINs waivers granted by the EPA increased adjusted refinery gross margins by $485 million.”

“A refinery is subject to annual EPA requirements to blend renewable fuels into the gasoline and on-road diesel fuel it produces. A refinery may meet its obligation by blending the necessary volumes of renewable fuels, by purchasing Renewable Identification Numbers ("RINs") in the open market, or through a combination of blending and purchasing RINs.”

“The benchmark crack spreads below do not reflect the market cost of RINs necessary to meet the EPA renewable volume obligations for attributable products under the Renewable Fuel Standard.”

“The RFS program continues to be unpredictable and prices received by us for ethanol RINs averaged $0.97 per RIN for the year 2025 compared to $0.59 per RIN in 2024.”

“Regarding the RFS, in June 2025, the EPA announced proposed rules (RFS Set II) that would, among other things, impose increased RVOs for 2026 and 2027, particularly with respect to biomass-based diesel, while also proposing to (i) reduce by 50 percent the number of RINs that may be generated for U.S. domestically produced renewable fuels made from foreign feedstocks, as well as for imports into the U.S.”