MADISON, Wis. — A group of legislators wants to end tax credits for ethanol production and lift reformulated gasoline requirements in southeastern Wisconsin.

Twenty-four Republican lawmakers and one Democrat wrote a letter to Wisconsin’s congressional delegation saying ethanol policies have been a disaster and subsides for it would be better spent on fuel cell technology.
The lawmakers say the need to lift requirements that six southeastern counties use cleaner-burning reformulated gas is even more urgent. They called the gas a “boutique fuel” that isn’t cleaner or cheaper and puts that area of the state at a disadvantage.

One signer of the letter, Republican Sen. Alberta Darling of River Hills, says “gas prices are hitting families in the pocketbook.”

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