The 2005 Energy Policy Act requires an escalation in the amount of renewable fuel sold in the United States from 2006 to 2012, as follows:

Calendar Year                   Target (billions of gallons)

2006                                   4.0

2007                                    4.7

2008                                    5.4

2009                                    6.1

2010                                     6.8

2011                                      7.4

2012                                      7.5

In 2006, the United States produced 4.86 billion gallons of ethanol, a 24.3% increase over 2005, and exceeding the 2006 RFS by 21%. Source: Charlotte Hebebrand and Kara Laney, An Examination of U.S. and EU Government Support to Biofuels: Early Lessons, International Food & Agricultural Trade Policy Council. IPC Brief 26, October 2007, p. 12, citing Energy Information Administration, “Ethanol and Biodiesel OVerview, 1981-2006,” http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/ar/txt/ptb1003.html.