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 Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEIX), a leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels and high-quality alcohol products in the United States, announced CEO Neil Koehler will be participating in the 5th Annual ROTH Industrial Growth and Cleantech 1x1 Event on Tuesday, December 12, 2017. The conference is being held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York City.

Management will host one-on-one meetings with investors throughout the day. To arrange a meeting, please contact your ROTH representative or Becky Herrick of LHA at bherrick@lhai.com. The company’s most recent investor presentation will be made available on the Investors section of Pacific Ethanol’s website at www.pacificethanol.com.

About Pacific Ethanol, Inc.Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (PEIX) is a leading producer and marketer of low-carbon renewable fuels and high-quality alcohol products in the United States. Pacific Ethanol owns and operates nine production facilities, four in the Western states of California, Oregon and Idaho, and five in the Midwestern states of Illinois and Nebraska. The plants have a combined production capacity of 605 million gallons per year, produce over one million tons per year of ethanol co-products – on a dry matter basis – such as wet and dry distillers grains, wet and dry corn gluten feed, condensed distillers solubles, corn gluten meal, corn germ, corn oil, distillers yeast and CO2. Pacific Ethanol markets and distributes fuel-grade ethanol, high-quality alcohol products and co-products domestically and internationally. Pacific Ethanol’s subsidiary, Kinergy Marketing LLC, markets all ethanol and alcohol products for Pacific Ethanol’s plants as well as for third parties, approaching one billion gallons of ethanol marketed annually based on historical volumes. Pacific Ethanol’s subsidiary, Pacific Ag. Products LLC, markets wet and dry distillers grains. For more information please visit www.pacificethanol.com.

Company IR Contact: Pacific Ethanol, Inc.916-403-2755Investorrelations@pacificethanol.com

IR Agency Contact:Becky HerrickLHA415-433-3777

Media Contact:Paul KoehlerPacific Ethanol, Inc.916-403-2790paulk@pacificethanol.com