Welcome to the 8 th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit

1. Welcome to the 8th Annual Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit January 28, 2014 Steve Bleyl, President - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association

2. ADVOCACY: The act of pleading for, supporting or recommending. ADVOCATE: A person who speaks or writes in support or defense of a person, cause, etc.

3. Oklahoma Refineries • ConocoPhillips – Ponca City, OK • Holly Corp Refining – Tulsa, OK • Sinclair Tulsa Refining – Tulsa, OK • Valero – Ardmore, OK • Wynnewood Refining – Wynnewood, OK

4. Ethanol and Biodiesel - Iowa

5. Iowa Blending – 2011 & 2012

6. Iowa Blending – 2011 & 2012

7. Iowa Blending – 2011 & 2012

8. Blending in Nebraska - 2013

9. Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%

10. Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%

11. Where Iowa Rates on Ethanol Blending – 2012 Data Pennsylvania – 8.1% Iowa - 8.1% Utah – 7.9% Idaho – 7.6% New Mexico – 7.6% Colorado – 7.4% Wyoming – 7.4% Nebraska – 7.3% Alabama – 7.2% Missouri – 7.1% Iowa – 6.3%

13. Should a biofuels advocate be optimistic? • 2014 Exports (100MM gallons in January?) • Blending potential • February 2014 to January 2015 Ethanol to Gas • -$1.0026 • Volume potential in Iowa • 1.4 billion gallons of fuel annually • Energy independence 1.1 billion gallons of ethanol

14. What is an advocate to do? • Request higher blends of ethanol! • Buy Flex Fuel Cars • Write to you retailer you buy from • Believe in the fuels • Buy the fuels • Support those that support our views • BE AN ADVOCATE!

15. THANK YOU! Iowa Renewable Fuels Summit January 28, 2014 Steve Bleyl, President - Iowa Renewable Fuels Association