Government cancels CNPE meeting scheduled for this Wednesday.

The federal government canceled the meeting of the National Energy Policy Council (CNPE) that was scheduled for 9 am this Wednesday (8), as informed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) press office earlier this week. The ministry had not confirmed the agenda of the meeting, but it was expected that the increase in the mandatory blend of anhydrous ethanol in gasoline from 30% (E30) to 32% (E32) would be deliberated. The MME has not yet officially communicated the reason for the cancellation nor a new date for the meeting. The adoption of E32 has been scheduled to be analyzed by the CNPE since May, but three meetings that would address the topic have already been canceled. Expectations for the increase were high in April, when President Lula publicly announced that the government would raise the ethanol blend to 32% and the biodiesel blend in fossil diesel to 16%, even before the CNPE deliberation. According to the Council, the technical assessments for the adoption of E32 were already approved when Brazil increased the ethanol blend to 30% last year. At that time, tests were already carried out to verify vehicle performance and the compatibility of the new composition, and therefore there is no need to repeat this series of tests.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.