The Biden administration on Friday issued an emergency fuel waiver allowing E15 gasoline — fuel that uses a 15% ethanol blend — to be sold in the United States this summer in an effort to expand Americans’ access to affordable fuel supply amid the surge in gas prices across the nation.
The president announced earlier this month that his administration intended to issue the waiver in an effort to take action to “protect Americans from supply crises” by reducing reliance on fossil fuels, building U.S. energy independence and accelerating the transition to clean energy.
“The president is committed to doing everything he can to address the pain Americans are feeling at the pump as a result of Putin’s Price Hike and his unjustified war’s impact one global fuel supply,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday, calling the waiver a “critical step to address the fuel supply crisis.”
“At current prices, E15 can save a family 10 cents per gallon of gas on average and many stores sell E15 at an even greater discount and today’s waiver will allow families to pay that lower price for months to come,” Psaki said.
