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S 2742119th CongressIntroduced
Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025
Introduced: Sep 9, 2025
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Standard Summary
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The Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025 would amend the Clean Air Act’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) to stop the practice of reallocating a small refinery’s renewable fuel obligation (RVO) to other parties when that refinery receives a Small Refinery Extension exemption. In addition, for calculating a person’s RVO for a given calendar year, the bill requires that the gasoline or diesel produced by a small refinery with such an exemption be included in that person’s total production. In short, the bill ends cross-party reallocation of exempted volumes and ensures those volumes are counted toward the owner’s own production when determining obligations.
Key Points
- 1Prohibits reallocation of renewable fuel obligations for small refineries that have an extension of an exemption.
- 2Applies on a calendar-year basis and governs the administrator’s determinations related to RVOs.
- 3Requires inclusion of gasoline/diesel produced by a small refinery with an exemption in the total volume used to determine the owner’s renewable fuel obligations.
- 4Adds a new subparagraph (E) to Section 211(o)(9) of the Clean Air Act to codify these prohibitions and requirements.
- 5The bill is titled the “Protect Consumers from Reallocation Costs Act of 2025,” introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Impact Areas
Primary: Small refiners that receive a Small Refinery Extension exemption, and other obligated parties (refiners/importers) under the Renewable Fuel Standard, along with the EPA’s regulatory process for calculating RVOs.Secondary: Consumers and fuel markets, since changes to how obligations are allocated may affect compliance costs and, potentially, fuel prices or availability.Additional impacts: Industry compliance dynamics and regulatory flexibility, as the reform removes the option to shift obligations among parties and tightens how exempt volumes are counted.
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