Right now, ethanol prices are at record lows, and if there’s any upside to depressed ethanol prices, it’s the opportunity to open new markets. ACE's Ron Lamberty believes there’s an opportunity now for more retailers to begin selling low-cost E15 and for more consumers to start saving money at the pump.
OPIS Interview: ACE Sees Potential for Ethanol Splash Blending in Mexico
Posted on 04/27/2018
Splash blending of ethanol with gasoline was a trend seen in the U.S. about 10 years ago, but that logistics move went away when oil terminals with expanded storage capacities introduced in-line capability. However, with Mexican gasoline wholesale and retail market beginning to find its feet following market liberalization a couple of years ago, wholesalers and retailers in Mexico may see opportunities…
All this Win-Win talk from the Administration and the EPA
Posted on 04/10/2018

Commentary from Tom Blazek - a first time attendee of ACE's 10th annual Washington, D.C. fly-in March 21-22 from Lake Charles, Louisiana - on the actions and talk concerning the ethanol industry and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) following the fly-in.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Press Teleconference - ACE, flex fuel retailers to discuss implications of a RIN cap
Posted on 03/09/2018
Sioux Falls, SD (March 9, 2018) – The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) is hosting a press teleconference today at 2:00 p.m. CDT with Senior Vice President Ron Lamberty, featuring flex fuel retailers Charlie Good of Good & Quick in Nevada, Iowa; Bruce Vollan of Midway Service in Baltic, South Dakota; and Mike Lewis of Pearson Fuels in California to discuss what the implications of capping renewable…
ACE ethanol plant members join letter calling on President to stand strong in RFS defense
Posted on 03/07/2018
All ethanol plant members of the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) joined other biofuel manufacturing plants across the country in a letter to President Donald Trump today urging him to stand strong in defense of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Excerpts from the letter found below. “There is no way to cut, cap, or eliminate RINs without cutting, capping, or eliminating gallons of homegrown…
ACE & other corn, biofuels groups sign EPA letter on commercial-ready cellulosic biofuel
Posted on 02/19/2018
Representatives of the cellulosic biofuels industry asked the U.S. EPA to take a renewed look at commercial-ready cellulosic biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol made from corn kernel fiber, as the agency begins its work to develop proposed 2019 Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligations (RVOs), in a Feb. 15 letterthat the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE) and 19 other trade groups sent…
Ron Lamberty: The Wisdom of Thumper
Posted on 01/25/2018
Ron Lamberty, Senior Vice President of the American Coalition for Ethanol, responds to a recent letter sent from the Petroleum Marketers Association of America to the Federal Trade Commission in his latest Ethanol Producer Magazine column.
New Ethanol Today Highlights Progress At The Pump
Posted on 04/07/2016
New issue of Ethanol Today focuses on market development.
Guardian Energy CEO Mike Jerke notes ethanol's positive momentum in guest column
Posted on 03/17/2016
Mike Jerke responds to a recent anti-ethanol column in the Dickinson Press.
What's 1.67 Trillion Divided By 53?
Posted on 07/16/2014
ACE's Ron Lamberty outlines some very large numbers from BP's Statistical Review of World Energy. The number 53, in particular, caught his attention because it's the number of years the oil on planet earth will last.