President of @IERenergy and @AEA in Washington, DC. Our mission: promote energy realism and fight for consumers. Co-host of @TheUnregPodcast.
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Another suggestion: The renewable-fuel obligation (aka tax) is embedded in wholesale diesel. A broad, time-limited waiver or lower RVO can lower the price by ~37 cents a gallon. Suspend the federal diesel tax (24 cents) and that 61 cents right there. Are you with me, @chuckgrassley?
A suggestion 4 Pres Trump: Since ur hearing frm Big Oil abt diesel prices & the problems w an embargo tell Big Oil 2reduce their prices 4 Americans/not charge global price This is an America 1st issue WHY B ENERGY INDEPENDENT IF WE ARENT GOING 2USE IT WHEN WE NEED IT
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How about you share the language with us so we can decide for ourselves?
Permitting reform is one of the best things we can do for our country, and the package negotiated in the Senate is objectively good for our country. We should take it up and pass it this work period, instead of waiting and potentially missing our window.
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"Export bans would lead to less fuel production, tighter supplies, and rising costs." @TomJPyle of @AEA lays out why a diesel export ban could backfire and leave consumers worse off.
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Before President Trump took office, @TomJPyle laid out a bold vision for permitting reform. Now, Congress must go big - cut red tape, unleash American energy, and lower costs for Americans without favoring more expensive energy sources. washingtonexaminer.com/opini…
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Diesel ban is bad policy and bad politics. Here's why:
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If the Administration is looking to lower the price of diesel without disrupting the markets and inducing shortages they should zero out the 2026 RVO obligation in the RFS.
“According to some, the ethanol mandate costs drivers and their families about 45 cents extra per gallon, or, if you prefer big numbers, the total annual economic cost is estimated to be about $88 billion each year,” Michael McKenna writes.
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A U.S. diesel export ban would hit Mexico first: ~220k b/d of U.S. supply, inventories already under 6 days, heavy farm and trucking use.
Central America and Ecuador/Peru would follow quickly. Brazil is more buffered but still exposed. Food and freight costs rise on both sides of the border.
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Green New Deal author @SenMarkey wanted to ban LNG exports “to lower household energy bills”.
Stop being like Ed Markey.
@LeaderJohnThune @timburchett @ChuckGrassley
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A lot to unpack here, but I'll just focus on Venezuela.
1. Diesel prices are being driven by a product shortage, not a crude shortage.
2. Venezuelan barrels, even if they arrive, do not automatically become extra ultra-low-sulfur diesel. They have to be processed in the right units, and those units are already full.
3. Oil already in tanks and pipelines, and product already refined, does not reprice instantly just because a new source of crude exists on paper.
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AEA president @TomJPyle on @LAGovJeffLandry 's call for a diesel export ban. Via @politico: politico.com/news/2026/09/21…
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It's funny that the @GavinNewson's office said this was fake research. It wasn't even research. It's called data.
siliconvalley.com/2026/09/18… via @siliconbeat
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.@ChuckGrassley knows a lot about government intervention in energy markets.
1. His beloved Wind Production Tax Credit has cost American taxpayers well over $300-400 billion.
2) His beloved RFS is currently adding around 40 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline.
3) His beloved biomass based diesel costs $4 PER GALLON MORE to make than petroleum diesel and he wants to mandate more. And because of how the RFS works, if wholesale diesel drops, the RIN will have to tax it higher to subsidize more costly biomass based diesel enough to make economic. So farmers won't even feel the benefit of lower wholesale diesel without an RFS reduction.
W diesel $6.57 in Iowa why doesn’t Pres Trump put an embargo on diesel exports like presidents in the 70s put embargoes on ag products bc food prices were inflated. High diesel prices ARE KILLING FARMERS INCOME #cornwatch #soybeanwatch
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This position demonstrates a fundamental lack of understanding of fuel markets. Export bans, price gouging laws, production quotas, and price controls NEVER work.
The United States is the world’s largest exporter of diesel fuel. Yet, our domestic stockpiles are at their lowest level in 30 years. It’s time we tell these oil companies to prioritize American consumers. My new legislation will do just that.
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This is why we are so fortunate to have @SecretaryWright at the helm of @ENERGY. Politicians like @timburchett should take heed.
I have been saying that an export ban on American diesel is a very bad idea, and I'm encouraged by @SecretaryWright's denouncement of the idea.
Americans deserve affordable fuel, and we get that through supply; we need to increase our refineries and diesel production.
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Respectfully, Governor, a diesel export ban is the wrong answer. It would mean less U.S. fuel production, tighter supplies, greater energy security risks, and higher prices. There are better ways to reduce costs, including RFS reform and fixing barriers that make it harder to move fuel where it's needed.
LET’S LOWER SOME FUEL COSTS NOW AND HELP THE ENTIRE U.S. ECONOMY with the Administration and Congress issuing a 90 day ban on U.S. diesel exports and making the small refinery exception permanent.
@WhiteHouse, @realDonaldTrump, @SecretaryWright, @SpeakerJohnson, @LeaderJohnThune
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Secretary @SecScottBessent is correct to identify Third-Party Litigation Funding (TPLF) as "a malignancy within our legal and financial system.” He's not alone in applying that diagnosis. piped.video/watch?v=rBZ5TYsX…
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Yesterday, @epaleezeldin announced the repeal of federal greenhouse gas limits for coal- and natural gas- fired power plants. Administrator Zeldin also proposed rescinding every remaining greenhouse gas standard for the power sector.
The limits required existing coal plants planning to operate past 2039 to meet a standard based on 90% carbon capture and storage (CCS) by 2032 and new baseload natural gas combustion turbines to meet a similar 90% CCS-based standard that would have been phased in by the early 2030s.
@TomJPyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement:
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“Legislatures should require explicit public approval before taxpayer dollars are used to finance lawsuits designed to reshape national energy policy,” argues Thomas J. Pyle of @AEA
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Tom Pyle retweeted
A new website from the Institute for Energy Research (IER) and @AlwaysOnEnergy looking at energy policy across all regions of the country and all 50 states clearly shows how state energy policies continue to shape the cost of energy for Americans. This expanded “Blue States, High Rates” mapping tool spotlights the following policies across the country:
• Renewable portfolio or carbon-free electricity mandates
• Net-metering programs
• Carbon pricing or cap-and-trade participation
• Adoption (or absence) of data center consumer protections
• Access to affordable natural gas
• Utilities pursuing independent net-zero goals
Users can explore their state at bluestateshighrates.com
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