The Pellet Fuels Institute today announced the qualification of pellet fuel manufacturers Georgia Biomass of Waycross, Georgia, and Smith Flooring of Mountain View, Missouri, into the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Standards Program. The PFI Standards Program is a third-party accreditation program providing specifications for residential and commercial-grade pellet fuel, now representing 15 pellet manufacturing companies, among them 24 facilities.  

With the addition of Georgia Biomass and Smith Flooring, the PFI Standards Program now represents well over 1.5 million tons of annual fuel production – nearly half the total U.S. production of pellet fuels for domestic use.

For information on qualifying for the program, the first step is to contact an accredited auditing agency, a list of which can be find on PFI’s website. For further details on the PFI Standards Program, including a list of participating manufacturers, visit the PFI website, www.pelletheat.org. Contact Carrie Annand, Pellet Fuels Institute, annand@pelletheat.org, (202) 494-2493.