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NATIONAL ENERGY & FUELS INSTITUTE
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NEFI advocates on behalf of wholesale and retail heating fuel marketers.
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Advocated full funding for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and opposed any cuts to the program for Fiscal Years 2024. See Title II, Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, of the draft Fiscal Year 2024 draft Labor and Health & Human Services Appropriations Acts (H.R.5894 and S.2624) and the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R.2882).
Advocated generally for the inclusion of policies in the draft Farm Bill to bolster efforts to decarbonize home heating oil, including proposals to extend the authorization for the National Oilheat Research Alliance (42 U.S.C. 6201), fully authorize the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Higher Blend Infrastructure Incentive Program (7 U.S.C. 8103(i)), and require the U.S. Department of Agriculture to conduct an updated lifecycle analysis of biodiesel.
Educated members of Congress on the implications of certain provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Pub.L.117-369) including Internal Revenue Code (IRC) Section 25C tax incentives for residential energy efficiency improvements, the biodiesel and renewable diesel blender tax credit under IRC Section 40A, the tax incentive for sustainable aviation fuels under IRC Section 40B; and the new clean fuels production credit under IRC Section 45Z (see Pub.L.117-169 Sections 13201,13202, 13203, 13301, 13704, 50121, and 50122). Urged an extension of the biodiesel and renewable diesel blender tax credit, and creation of a new targeted incentive for renewable liquid heating fuels.
Expressed concerns with respect to legislation that establishes a permanent low-income water assistance program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (H.R.8032 and S.3830).
Generally supported federal policies that encourage production, blending, and use of renewable fuels, specifically in the heating sector. Urged that the EPA revisit the renewable volume obligations set for 2024 and 2026 under the Renewable Fuels Standard (see 42 U.S.C. 7545 and 40 CFR Parts 80 and 1090).