A new mandate from the Environmental Protection Agency to improve air quality means Coloradans likely will be paying more for gasoline in the summer of 2024. via JennKovaleski
Despite the state’s sunshine and blue skies, Colorado’s Front Range has some of the worst air quality in the country. Recently, the EPA reclassified the ozone status in the area to “severe,” which brings with it federal mandates that include a cleaner type of gasoline called reformulated gas.
“That’s something that we don’t think is helpful,” he said. “We would like to avoid that because the data shows it might make a teeny improvement, but it’s not worth the higher costs for Coloradans.” Grier Bailey, executive director of the Colorado Wyoming Petroleum Marketers Association, disagrees with that figure, and his organization estimates that reformulated gas could add 25 cents to 50 cents per gallon of gas. A federal study last year showed the added cost was 36 cents per gallon.“What we’re talking about is a structural shift where people are going to have to make choices between gallons of milk, boxes of cereal and being able to get to work,” Bailey said.
The additional processing needed to make reformulated gas is what drives up the cost, according to Colorado School Mines professor John Jechura. He also believes that one of the biggest challenges is the state’s fuel market. In a statement, Suncor said, “The project has been approved by CDPHE, and is not expected to impact the refinery’s existing production capacity. Suncor will continue to supply all our customers with the specific fuels required.”
Denver7 Chief Meteorologist Mike Nelson said the air pollution problem extends beyond this state and the RAQC estimates out-of-state pollution accounts for up to 60% of the Front Range’s ozone levels.
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