Following the California Superior Court for the County of Sacramento's rejection of the Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company's bid for an injunction against the California Air Resources Board, Tesoro has dropped its lawsuit attempting to prevent the blending of 10% ethanol in all California gasoline.
Representing the ethanol industry in the proceedings was the Renewable Fuels Association, which was granted intervenor status in this case and briefed the Court on the lack of merit of this lawsuit.
"The injunction decision by the Court that Tesoro's lawsuit lacked merit and the settlement to dismiss the case with prejudice clears the way for refiners in California to increase ethanol blending to 10% per gallon," said RFA President Bob Dinneen. "Tesoro's claims were without merit and designed to impede open competition from a renewable alternative. The dismissal of this case is critical to a constrained ethanol market that is looking for increased demand. By moving from 5.7% to 10% ethanol in California gasoline, hundreds of millions of gallons of new demand will be created helping refiners meet federal and state requirements for renewable fuel use and air quality standards."
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