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� CONNECTICUT HEATING OIL RISES TO 10 % BIODIESEL BLEND
Connecticut’ s biofuel blending requirement, enacted through HB6412, requires all home heating oil sold in the state to be blended with a minimum percentage of low-carbon fuel, starting at 5 % in 2022 and increasing to 50 % by 2035. The Connecticut Energy Marketers Association offered a summary of the bill in the June 30 issue of its newsletter, CEMA Pipeline. The summary is reprinted here:
This bill requires heating oil sold in the state to be a low-carbon fuel blend with a specified percentage of biodiesel that increases over time, beginning July 1, 2022. The bill sets the minimum amount of biodiesel in heating oil at 5 % in 2022 and increases it on a schedule to 50 % in 2035. These requirements replace a similar
provision in current law that requires an increasing proportion of biodiesel in heating oil, but only if surrounding states adopt a similar requirement
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control standards. The bill requires low-carbon fuel marketers and producers to provide a certificate of analysis before blending low-carbon fuel with heating oil. The certificate must verify
, a condition that was never met.
The bill allows the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection( DEEP) commissioner to temporarily waive the blending requirements if she determines that they, at any time,( 1) are not feasible due to a lack of adequate biodiesel supply or( 2) would result in a financial hardship to consumers.
Under the bill, low-carbon fuel blended with heating oil must be produced in accordance with industry-accepted quality
conformity with critical specifications of designation D6751 of ASTM International or another applicable ASTM specification for low-carbon fuel blends.
The bill allows the DEEP commissioner to adopt regulations, by July 1, 2022, on disclosure requirements for heating oil retailers regarding the percentage or approximate range of low-carbon fuel blend contained in the home heating oil delivered to consumers. The bill also requires DEEP’ s Comprehensive Energy Strategy( CES) to consider several factors related to

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