E15 Fuel: What It Means To You

The Wall Street Journal
By Jonathan Welsh

Drivers may soon have more choices of fuel blends, including gasoline with 15% ethanol.E15 is coming. The fuel made from a blend of 15% ethanol and gasoline could begin flowing soon at your neighborhood gas station. There are still a few things federal officials need to sort out, including proper labeling on pumps and other possible ways to keep people from using the wrong fuel.

But E15 just cleared a big hurdle. The Environmental Protection Agency waived a previous rule that limited the sale of gasoline containing more than 10% ethanol for passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs from the 2001 through 2006 model years. Critics including auto- and oil-industry officials, consumers and others had said increasing the amount of ethanol in fuel could damage vehicles, especially older models.

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