EIA Proposes Revision To Modernize Biofuel Data Collection


   
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   SECAUCUS, NJ (DTN) -- The U.S. Energy Information Administration has 
proposed three key changes to its monthly biofuels data collection form, the 
EIA-819, as part of an effort to modernize its Petroleum Supply data collection.

   The proposed revisions to the "Monthly Report of Biofuels, Fuels from 
Non-Biogenic Wastes, Fuel Oxygenates, Isooctane, and Isooctene" aim to reflect 
industry evolution and allow the EIA to publish more detailed feedstock 
consumption data, the agency announced Monday (9/29). The EIA-819 and other 
numerous weekly, monthly and annual surveys in petroleum supply data collection 
serve as the primary source of information on the nation's oil industry that 
covers refinery operations, inventory levels, imports and inter-regional 
movements for crude oil, petroleum products and biofuels.

   Under the revisions, the EIA proposes renaming the EIA-819 as the "Monthly 
Report of Fuels from Non-Biogenic Waste and Biofuels"

   This change is intended to enable the data collection to adapt to new and 
non-traditional industry technologies and feedstocks now being used to produce 
fuels that supplement traditional petroleum products.

   The agency also plans to revise the disclosure language in the instructions 
to align the treatment of EIA-819 data with all other Petroleum Supply 
Reporting System surveys.

   This would allow the EIA to treat biofuel feedstock consumption data the 
same as all other petroleum supply feedstock data.

   It is also in response to repeated industry interest in obtaining more 
granular, aggregate data on feedstock consumption for both biodiesel and 
renewable diesel plants, which the current rules limit.

   Finally, the EIA plans to eliminate Part 10 of Form EIA-819, which collects 
data on Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether 
(ETBE) production.

   Respondents have not reported data in part 10a since the form's inception, 
and the data from part 10b has been excluded from the Petroleum Supply Monthly 
balances since 2019, as the EIA has determined its collection has limited use.

   Comments to the proposal must be received by the Office of Management and 
Budget by November 28, 2025.

    

    




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