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The New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 3 – WHY Are The RFS Mandates Nested?

The spectacular increase in the price of the D6 Renewable Identification Number (RIN) in 2013 was one of the most ...
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The New Game of Renewable Fuels Part 2 – Principles 1, 2, and 3

The RIN is a game-changing environmental credit that is a tax, a subsidy, and a mandate, all at once.  Read ...
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The New Game of Renewable Fuels – The Rules Of The Game

The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) caused many businesses to be thrust involuntarily into a new game.  The game came with ...
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Mid-year ATTRACTOR Update – D4 RIN market price diverges from D4T Theoretical Price, plus “Critique of the C-Suites”

The Attractor spreadsheet (chart below) shows the 2024-vintage D4 RIN market price (gold points) and the “D4T” theoretical value (white ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 4 – Will the Litigation Ever End?

See other episodes in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through Part 3 – The RIN Tax Does Not Affect A Refiner’s Profits

Read other blogs in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through – Part 2 – How is the RIN tax different than a sales tax?

Read other blogs in this series:Part 1 - Two CampsPart 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different From a ...
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Revisiting RIN Cost Pass-through – Part 1, Two Camps

See other episodes in this series: Part 1 - Two Camps Part 2 - How is the RIN Tax Different ...
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All Eyes On Renewable Diesel – Part 5, Hard Numbers On RD Margins

Get the Attractor spreadsheet Read other posts in this series: All Eyes on Renewable Diesel Margins: Part 1, Get Ready ...
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All Eyes on Renewable Diesel Margins – Part 4, What Caused the $1.70 Crash in RD RIN value?

Get the Attractor spreadsheet The headline story in this quarter's renewable diesel producer's earnings reports was again renewable diesel (RD) ...
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