CNPE postpones meeting to discuss increasing the ethanol blend in gasoline.

The federal government canceled the meeting of National Council for Energy Policy (CNPE) which was scheduled for this Wednesday (24) and whose main agenda would be the evaluation of increasing the mandatory blend of anhydrous ethanol in gasoline from 30% to 32%. The information was confirmed this Tuesday (23) by the press office of the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME). In a note, the ministry informed that the meeting was postponed due to scheduling reasons and that a new date will be announced soon. The proposal to expand the mandatory blend, known in the sector as E32, has been discussed by the government and the sugar-energy chain for several months. The expectation was that the CNPE would deliberate on the topic this week, after successive postponements of the discussion over the last few months.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.