High’s Introduces Renewable Fuel

The chain begins E85 Flex Fuel and 88 octane (E15) rollout in Maryland. With 15% ethanol, 88 octane is a cleaner fuel with lower emissions at a value price. All regular unleaded vehicles built since 2001 are EPA certified to use 88 octane. High’s recognized the growing need for this product at its stores and worked with Protec Fuel to bring it to market.

April 12, 2019 BALTIMORE; The NACS Online reported that High’s has introduced lower emissions E85 Flex Fuel and 88 octane (also known as E15) to the fuel offerings at its Jessup, Md., location. This marks the company’s first step in an effort to give customers a wider variety of fuel options and offer more value at the pump. High’s plans to add E85 and 88 octane products to more stores in the future.

“After discussing the potential and the rapidly increasing demand from our customers with Protec Fuel, this was a simple decision,” said Ben Phelps, High’s vice president of business development, in a press release. “We are continuously listening to feedback from our customers. Our goal is to grow and efficiently meet our customers’ wants.”

E85, also called flex fuel, is used in flex fuel vehicles, which make up about 10% of the vehicles on the road in Maryland and nearly 20 million vehicles nationwide. E85 refers to high-level ethanol-gasoline blends containing 51% to 83% ethanol, depending on geography and season, according to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Data Center. The Fuels Institute has published two reports on the market performance of E85, one in November 2014 and another in March 2017. Each leveraged retail sales data contributed by retailers of E85. They can be downloaded free of charge at fuelsinstitute.org/research.

With 15% ethanol, 88 octane is a cleaner fuel with lower emissions at a value price. All regular unleaded vehicles built since 2001 are EPA certified to use 88 octane. High’s recognized the growing need for this product at its stores and worked with Protec Fuel to bring it to market.