22 • OIL
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ENERGY
Fuel Mandates
NEFI Updates State Fuel Requirements List
EDITOR’S NOTE: With several states recently adopting new fuel requirements, the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) has issued an
updated listing of the fuel requirements in the Northeast states. The chart addresses sulfur limits in petroleum as well as biodiesel blending
requirements. NEFI Vice President for Government Affairs Jim Collura prepared this chart.
NORA STATE
FUELS SERVED BY
& ASSOCIATION NAME ASSOCIATION
PREVIOUS SULFUR LIMIT BIOFUEL-BLENDING
SULFUR REDUCTION
National
New England Fuel Institute
Contact: Michael Trunzo
Connecticut
Independent Connecticut
Petroleum Association
(ICPA)
Contact: Chris Herb
DC, Delaware,
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic Petroleum
Distributors’ Assn. (MAPDA)
Contact: Peter Horrigan
Maine
Maine Energy Marketers
Association (MEMA)
Contact: Jamie Py
Massachusetts
Mass. Oilheat Council
(MOC)
Contact: Michael Ferrante
New Hampshire
Oilheat Council of New
Hampshire (OHCNH)
Contact: Bob Scully
New Jersey
Fuel Merchants
Association of New Jersey
(FMANJ)
Contact: Eric DeGesero
New York State
Empire State Petroleum
Association (ESPA)
Contact: Tom Peters
New York City
New York Oil Heating
Association
Contact: John Maniscalco
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Petroleum
Marketers & Convenience
Store Association
Contact: John Kulik
Rhode Island
Oil Heat Institute of Rhode
Island (OHIRI)
Contact: Julie Gill
Vermont
Vermont Fuel Dealers
Association (VFDA)
Contact: Matt Cota
Heating oil
Motor Fuels,
Heating Fuels
Motor Fuels, C-Stores
and Heating Oil
Motor Fuels & Heating
Fuels (Heating oil,
Propane)
Heating Oil,
Propane and Biofuel
Heating oil
Heating oil,
Motor Fuels
Heating Oil
and Motor Fuels
Heating Oil
Heating fuels, Motor
Fuels, and C-Stores
Heating oil
and Biofuel
Heating Oil & Propane
NYMEX contract allowed
delivery of heating oil with
up to 2,000 PPM sulfur.
Contract was replaced
on 5/1/2013 with ULSD
(15PMM) contract.
3,000 PPM Sulfur
Maryland - 3,000 PPM
3,000-5,000 PPM Sulfur
3,000 PPM Sulfur
4,000
2,000-3,000 PPM Sulfur
2,000-15,000 PPM Sulfur
2,000 PPM Sulfur
3,000 PPM Sulfur
5,000 PPM Sulfur
20,000 PPM Sulfur
Initial draft legislation by Rep.
DeLauro (D-CT) included a blending
mandate for heating oil but it was
dropped at NBB’s request. The latest
draft includes a feasibility study into a
national Bioheat mandate.
Law signed
on May 26, 2010
requires ASTM D6751-8 spec.
mandate of 2% by 7/1/11, 5% by
7/1/12, 10% by 7/1/15, 15% by
7/1/17, 20% by 7/1/20.
None.
New law does not include a
bio-blending mandate.
Law was signed
in 2008, MA
became first with a biofuel mandate
for heating oil and diesel fuel, which
was to start in July 2010.
None.
On 7/18/13, legislation was
introduced in the NJ Senate (S-2268)
to require ASTM D6751 qualified B3
bioheat by 7/1/14 and B5 by 7/1/16.
A bill approved on 6/25/13 requires B2
in NYC, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester
& Rockland counties by 10/1/14 and
state-wide by 7/1/15
Law signed
on 8/16/10 requires
heating oil sold in the city’s
jurisdiction to meet B2 specification
by 10/1/12
None.
Law signed
on 7/12/13 requires B2
by 7/1/2014 and an increase of a 1%
bio-fuel blend every year to “at least”
B5 by 2017.
Law signed
on 5/25/11 requires a 3%
bio blend when NH, NY and MA have
adopted substantially similar legislation.
Draft legislation by Rep. DeLauro (D-CT)
would require15ppm by 6/1/2016
nationwide. On 2/29/12, DOE transitioned
the Northeast Heating Oil Reserve to
Ultra-low Sulfur product.
Law also reduces sulfur
from 2000ppm to
50ppm starting 7/1/11, and15ppm by 7/1/14.
Update 7/29/13: Legislation approved on
6/5/13 that moves the state to 500ppm on
7/1/2014 and to 15ppm on 7/1/2018. The
Governor signed the bill on 7/8/2013.
None.
Law signed
on April 5, 2010 requires
50ppm by 1/1/16 and 15pmm by 1/1/18.
A DEP regulation was finalized
in August
2012 that requires 500ppm by 7/1/14 and
15ppm by 7/1/18.
None.
State regulation
500ppm by 7/1/14 and
15ppm by 7/1/16.
Law signed
on 7/20/10 requires 15ppm by
7/1/12.
Law also reduces sulfur
content of No. 4
fuel oil to 1500ppm.
A regulation is now on the books
that
requires 500ppm by 7/1/16.
State is drafting a rule that would require
500ppm in 2014 and 15ppm in 2018.
Law also lowers sulfur
to 500ppm on
7/1/14 and 15ppm on 7/1/18, irrespective of
other state actions.
Ultra Low Sulfur Heating Oil & Bioheat Blending Requirements in the Northeast
