The Omnibus Appropriations and Coronavirus Relief Package includes several provisions that biofuels groups say will support the industry.
Chris Bliley with Growth Energy tells Brownfield the legislation explicitly identifies renewable fuel producers as entities eligible to receive COVID-19 emergency relief aid unlike the CARES Act.
“There’s about $13 billion (for) the USDA Secretary to use in a variety of ways to provide relief to Rural America, and in that he has discretion to provide relief directly to biofuel producers.”
He says some tax credits were extended in the coronavirus relief bill, including the Second Generation Biofuel Producer credit.
