New York Officially Passes Bioheat Legislation
In a follow-up to a story written last week, New York has officially passed air quality legislation that includes a provision to ensure that only Bioheat, a blend of heating oil and biodiesel, is used with the city. The unanimous vote, 45-0, ensures that starting October 2012, all home heating and oil will contain at least 2 percent biodiesel.
The National Biodiesel Board applauded the passage of the new legislation and Shelby Neal, the organization’s state regulatory director issued the following statement.
“New York City has our heartfelt congratulations on once again demonstrating that the city is a leader in renewable energy. Already the largest municipal user of biodiesel in transportation applications, the city has now taken a progressive step towards cleaner emissions from heating the homes and buildings there.
“The biodiesel is likely to be made from many sustainable, renewable resources, including recycled cooking oil. In a city with more than 8 million people and 20 thousand restaurants within its limits, this Bioheat requirement is a golden opportunity to recycle the city’s used cooking oil into cleaner burning fuel. New York City uses more than 1 billion gallons of heating oil a year, so 2 percent biodiesel represents a 20 million gallon market for biodiesel.
“This move to Bioheat will also support green jobs and domestic energy security, and we hope New York City’s progressive actions will encourage other cities serious about greening efforts to follow suit.”
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Dehran Duckworth
2% doesnt seem like much but it is a step in the right direction. Lucky for us here in New York, The biodiesel heating oil is cheaper than regular heating oil if you choose to purchase BIOHEAT-B20 heating oil. The State of New York offers a “bioheat” tax credit of $.01/ 1% of biodiesel in the blend you purchase up to $.20. You get a $.02/ gallon credit for purchasing B2 bioheat for example (2% biodiesel), and a $.20/ gallon credit for B20 (20% biodiesel) off of the normal price for #2 heating oil. The bill was originally crafted based on the advice of Brent Baker of Tri State Biodiesel to the City Council regarding how much biodiesel could be produced through his process of recycling waste cooking oil from restaurants in the city, this is how they came up with 2%. The EPA recently recognized biodiesel as the “First advanced biofuel to reach market”, and B20 is the lowest blend that is considered an alternative fuel by the EPA. You can count reduction of emissions using Bioheat-B20 versus regular #2 as exactly 20% less than conventional #2 oil, and 10% less than the emissions of Natural Gas, as the emissions equivalent of Natural Gas is B10. Here is a cool spot NY1 ran shortly after the City Council passed the Bioheat Bill;
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/122974/city-to-soon-require-use-of-biodiesel-fuel
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