E15 sales in Minnesota hit a new record in November last year, surpassing the 700,000 gallon mark for the very first time.

Minnesotan drivers consumed 6.17 million more gallons of ethanol in 2015 than they did in 2014, data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows. 

A recent MPR report has highlighted Minnesota's challenges in meeting its emission goals in light of the new political balance at the capitol.

When presidential candidate, Donald Trump, campaigned in Iowa in January this year, he told a crowd at an ethanol summit in Altoona, “I am there with you 100 percent.”

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016, the Minnesota Bio-Fuels Association prepared the following remarks to the EPA regarding the latter's proposal for the Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support (REGS) rule during their REGS public hearing.

E15 sales in Minnesota in October totaled 542,979 gallons, the highest volume ever recorded in the state. The previous record was 530,766 gallons in May this year.

E15 sales in Minnesota jumped to 319,851 in September, 34 percent higher than the previous month, as the summer-long Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) ban on the fuel came to an end Sept 15.