<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - 5 tips to get the most out of a tank of gas"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will announce Tuesday <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/03/31/gas-prices-biden-release-oil-strategic-reserves/7229635001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">another step to try to reduce prices</a> for drivers who have been paying more to fill up their tanks: expanding the availability of biofuels.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">While <a target="_blank" href="/story/money/agriculture/2022/04/11/biden-visiting-iowa-ethanol-plant-sparks-e-15-summer-sales-expectation-menlo-poet-tuesday-gas-prices/7274074001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">visiting an ethanol plant in Iowa</a>, Biden will announce the administration plans on allowing gasoline that uses a 15% ethanol blend to be sold during the summer, according to senior administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Called E15, the blend can cost 10 cents per gallon less on average at the 2,300 gas stations where it's sold, the officials said.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Regular gas is<a target="_blank" href="https://gasprices.aaa.com/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a"> averaging around $4.11 a gallon</a> compared with $2.86 a year ago, according to AAA, and <a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/04/06/oil-companies-defend-production-profits-amid-white-house-criticism/9484354002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Biden is under political pressure</a> to show he is doing what he can to ease the price pain at the pump.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">White House to oil companies:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/04/06/oil-companies-defend-production-profits-amid-white-house-criticism/9484354002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Stop sitting on record profits and lower gas prices</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Experts weigh in:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/03/31/gas-prices-biden-release-strategic-reserve-oil-help-consumers/7233388001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Will gas prices ease with Biden's release from strategic reserve?</a></p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:372px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2022/03/18/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry38-sYR.jpg?width=660&height=372&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2022/03/18/USATODAY/usatsports/imageForEntry38-sYR.jpg?width=1320&height=744&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Americans are feeling pain at the pump, as gas prices hit record highs of $4.33 per gallon in March"/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">His announcement comes the same day the Consumer Price Index for March will be released, a report that is expected to show a large year-to-year spike in inflation.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Setting expectations for a big number, White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Monday said the administration expects inflation "to be extraordinarily elevated" because of the jump in oil prices after Russia invaded Ukraine. </p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"We are taking a range of steps to reduce the price of gas to move us toward a long-term, more clean energy economy," she also said.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Biden previously announced...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/04/12/gas-prices-biden-expand-ethanol-availability-ease-pain-pump/7283707001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
