Choosing ethanol at the pumps just got easier for motorists fueling up at Sioux Valley Coop (SVC) in Watertown, S.D. The coop recently installed blender pumps which will allow customers to essentially blend their preferred level of ethanol fuel.
SVC in partnership with Glacial Lakes Energy, LLC ethanol plant is hosting a “Yellow Dime” promotional event Friday to officially launch the blender pump offering. Motorists who chose ethanol-blended fuels during the promotion will receive one yellow dime back for every gallon of ethanol they purchase. The yellow dimes handed out during the event will circulate throughout the community, showing the impact of corn and ethanol production on the local economy.
That’s a neat promotion, which is being sponsored in part by the South Dakota Corn Growers Association.
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Glad to see info about the blender pumps in SD. I wanted to add that Utica Energy in Oshkosh WI has used blender pumps to direct market some of their ethanol for the past year as E10,20,and 85. Last July their price on E-85 was 72 cents less than E10.