# Regulatory freeze expires on 2017 RFS biofuel volumes, spurs implementation of 2017 RVO as planned — The Coalition For Renewable Natural Gas

> The 2017 RFS biofuel volume mandate took effect after a 60-day regulatory freeze expired. The EPA set conventional biofuel at 15.0 billion gallons for 2017 and biomass-based diesel at 2.0 billion gallons, rising to 2.1 billion in 2018.

- Date: 2017-03-23 · published 2017-03-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71861-regulatory-freeze-expires-on-2017-rfs-biofuel-volumes-spurs-implementation-of
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybean Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBO.md)

## Why it matters

Finalized mandates provide firm demand for corn-based ethanol and soybean oil used in biodiesel. The certainty supports feedstock prices.

## Read by commodity

- SBO: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-04-25 | [Biofuels Stakeholders Issue Statement on Oral Arguments for 2014 – 2016 Renewable Volume Obligations - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71377-biofuels-stakeholders-issue-statement-on-oral-arguments-for-2014-2016-renewable.md) | +2.1% | +4.1% |
| CORN | 2019-10-28 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56437-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass.md) | -1.3% | -1.5% |
| CORN | 2017-04-27 | [Consumers and farmers burned  by EPA regulations on renewable fuel](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71381-consumers-and-farmers-burned-by-epa-regulations-on-renewable-fuel.md) | +1.7% | +3.5% |
| CORN | 2018-06-26 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2019 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2020](https://feedsoft.ai/events/64400-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2019-and-biomass.md) | -2.3% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2026-03-30 | [Trump announces highest renewable fuel volumes in U.S. history](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20243-trump-announces-highest-renewable-fuel-volumes-in-u-s-history.md) | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| SBO | 2017-04-25 | [Biofuels Stakeholders Issue Statement on Oral Arguments for 2014 – 2016 Renewable Volume Obligations - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71377-biofuels-stakeholders-issue-statement-on-oral-arguments-for-2014-2016-renewable.md) | +0.6% | +3.9% |
| SBO | 2022-07-01 | [Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) Program: Standards for 2026 and 2027, Partial Waiver of 2025 Cellulosic Biofuel Volume Requirement, and Other Changes \| 90 FR 25784](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15380-renewable-fuel-standard-rfs-program-standards-for-2026-and-2027-partial-waiver.md) | -7.8% | -10.0% |
| SBO | 2019-10-28 | [Federal Register
       :: 
      Renewable Fuel Standard Program: Standards for 2020 and Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2021, and Response to the Remand of the 2016 Standards; Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56437-federal-register-renewable-fuel-standard-program-standards-for-2020-and-biomass.md) | +0.2% | -0.3% |

## Sources

- rngcoalition.com: https://www.rngcoalition.com/news/2017/3/23/regulatory-freeze-expires-on-2017-rfs-biofuel-volumes-spurs-implementation-of-2017-rvo-as-planned

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