Platts begins assessing 2022 RINs July 1, 2021

S&P Global Platts has launched assessments for 2022-vintage D6, D5, D4 and D3 Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) on July 1, 2021.

Platts' Biofuels methodology guide, found here, states that Platts will launch year-ahead RIN assessments on the first working day of July of the prior year.

In the absence of proposed 2021 or 2022 biofuel blending mandates, Platts will calculate the 2022 Renewable Volume Obligation (RVO) using 2020 percentage mandates.

The US Environmental Protection Agency mandates the use of biofuels, and hence the RVO calculation is subject to change. Platts may update its RVO formulas at any time when such changes are set forth by the EPA, Platts will inform the market of the changes in the formulas through subscriber notes.

The RVO is a calculation that combines RINs prices and weights them based on federal biofuel blending mandates. The 2022 RVO will be published under codes RVOY022 and RVOZ022.

The 2022 RIN assessments will be published under the following lifetime calendar codes:

RD62022 -- Ethanol RIN Cal 2022

RD42022 -- Biodiesel RIN Cal 2022

RD52022 -- Advanced Biofuel RIN Cal 2022

RD32022 -- Cellulosic Biofuel RIN Cal 2022

The assessments will also be published under the following year-ahead rolling codes:

RINCY03 -- Ethanol RIN Cal Yr03

BDRCY03 -- Biodiesel RIN Cal Yr03

ABRCY03 -- Advanced Biofuel RIN Cal Yr03

CBRCY03 -- Cellulosic Biofuel RIN Cal Yr03

These assessments will appear in the daily Platts Biofuelscan, Weekly Fuel Ethanol Report and the Weekly Biomass-Based Diesel Report. They will also appear on Platts Biofuels Alert pages 10, 201, 210, 301, and 310, with the RVO price published on page 302.

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