In the fourth installment of our Candiates & Biofuels series, we head to District 18B where incumbent Glenn Gruenhagen is up against Darrel Mosel. Heartland Corn Products, which produced 108 million gallons of ethanol last year, is located in District 18B. Like the previous installments in the series, some of the candidates' positions on ethanol were in response to questionaires we sent.

Candidates & Biofuels

 GLENN GRUENHAGEN

- He would choose E10 over non-oxygenated fuel.

- He would choose E15 depending on his vehicle's fuel requirements. 

- He would oppose bills to scrap the Renewable Fuel Standard. 

- He would support measures to accelerate the permitting process for the installation of equipment to improve ethanol production and reduce emissions.

DARREL MOSEL

- He would choose E10 over non-oxygenated fuel.

- He would choose E15 over E10.

- He would oppose bills to scrap the Renewable Fuel Standard.

- He would oppose bills to scrap Minnesota's Petroleum Displacement Law.

- He would support bills to fix the RVP so that E15 can be sold in the summer months. This includes supporting actions that call on the EPA to bring RVP parity to E15 and to require gasoline blendstocks with a lower RVP be used so that a waiver for both E10 and E15 is eliminated. 

- He would support bills to fund fueling infrastructure to expand the availability of E85.

- He would support bills to fund retrofits to fuel dispensers to increase the availability of E15 to E25. 

- He would support bills to accelerate the permitting process for the installation of equipment to improve ethanol production and reduce emissions. 

Come back next week to find out where the other candidates running for office this November stand on biofuels. 

Archive:

District 08A : Bud Nornes Vs C.J.Holl

District 16A: Chris Swedzinski Vs Al Kruse

District 17A : Tim Miller Vs Andrew Falk