Pacific Ethanol Company Description
Originally formed to broker auto repair, Pacific Ethanol has an alternative plan. After leaving the car business, the company is now into alternative fuels. Pacific Ethanol operates four grain ethanol plants in California, Idaho, and Oregon. Its total production capacity at the four plants is 200 million gallons annually. The company also owns a 42% stake in Front Range Energy, which operates its own 50 million gallon ethanol facility in Colorado. Pacific Ethanol's biggest customers are Chevron and Valero, together accounting for more than a quarter of its sales. In 2009 Pacific Ethanol subsidiaries that separately run each of the production facilities each filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
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