Democrats look to fit electric car credits into EPA’s ethanol mandate

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s renewable fuel mandate could get a whole lot more complicated if Democrats are able to add electric cars to a credit program designed to boost corn ethanol and other liquid biofuels in America’s gasoline supplies.

Electric Renewable Identification Numbers, or e-RINs, would be generated by recharging an electric car using the electricity generated from power plants that burn biogas. Biogas is natural gas derived from rotting waste, manure, and other rotting materials.

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