The Clean Fuels Alliance Foundation, led by Executive Director Tom Verry, hosted a comprehensive educational tour in California in September for participants to learn about biodiesel, renewable diesel, and sustainable aviation fuel markets. Ten Congressional staffers working in one or more of the following areas: energy and commerce, transportation & infrastructure, ways & means, and agriculture, attended the one-day tour. One staffer summed up the impact of the CA tour by saying that it had offered a view of, “a different part of the biofuel supply chain that so few think of and [can] actually see the biofuels put to use in equipment and transportation.”
The morning started with Paul Winters giving an overview of the biodiesel, renewable diesel, and SAF industry and the federal policies that support its growth, such as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and recent tax credit changes. Cory-Ann Wind, Director of State Regulatory Affairs, Clean Fuels Alliance America helped participants understand how state clean fuel programs operate on the West Coast – including California, Oregon, Washington, and New Mexico. Cory-Ann discussed the results from the Trinity Consultants’ study prepared for Clean Fuels Alliance America on the public health benefits of replacing petroleum diesel with 100% biodiesel. Participants found the introductory sessions helpful because, as one staffer noted, “I don’t know as much about the RVO/RFS and the non-USDA side of things.”
The tour’s first stop was Pacific Harbor Line (PHL). Otis Cliatt II, PHL President and Diana Turubanova, Director of Customer Service, led the group on a rail tour of the Port of Los Angeles and discussed the company’s operations, their commitment to net zero emissions, and how renewable diesel (RD) helps them to meet company and state emissions goals. PHL operates 25 locomotives running on 96 miles of track between the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
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