UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): ~~January~~February 2017, 2010

CENTRAL IOWA ENERGY, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Iowa	000-52429	71-0988301
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)


3426 East 28th Street North Newton, Iowa		50208
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (641) 791-1010

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

þo Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure and Item 8.01 Other Events

On January 21, 2010, Central Iowa Energy, LLC (“CIE”) mailed a letter to its unitholders regarding an informational meeting that will be held on February 3, 2010 to discuss CIE’s proposed consolidation with Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (“REG”) under, REG Newco, Inc. (“REG Newco”) pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Second Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement by and between the Company, REG, REG Newco, and REG Newton, LLC, executed on November 20, 2009 and dated effective as of May 8, 2009. A copy of this letter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is incorporated herein by reference.

This Report on Form 8-K is being furnished pursuant to Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure. The information furnished is not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is not subject to the liabilities of that section and is not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 8.01 Other Events

InOn ~~connection with and furtherance of CIE’s proposed consolidation transaction with REG, REG Newco has filed with the SEC a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No.~~February ~~333-161187)~~17, ~~as amended~~2010, ~~that~~Central ~~includes a definitive joint proxy statement of REG, CIE, Western~~ Iowa Energy, LLC ~~and~~(the ~~Blackhawk~~“Company”) ~~Biofuels,~~held ~~LLC and which also constitutes~~ a ~~final prospectus~~special ~~for~~meeting ~~REG~~of ~~Newco.~~its ~~The~~unit ~~joint~~holders ~~proxy statement/prospectus was declared effective by the SEC on January 19, 2010~~to consider and ~~was~~vote ~~filed~~upon ~~with~~ the ~~SEC~~following ~~under Rule 424(b)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 on January 20, 2010.~~proposals:

~~Additional~~(i) to ~~Information~~sell ~~About~~substantially ~~the~~all ~~Proposed~~of ~~Consolidation~~the ~~Transaction~~assets and ~~Where~~liabilities of the Company pursuant to the ~~Find~~terms ~~It:~~set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, executed November 20, 2009, dated and effective as of the original execution date, May 8, 2009 (the “Asset Purchase Agreement”), by and among REG Newco, Inc., a Delaware corporation, REG Newton, LLC, an Iowa limited liability company, Central Iowa Energy, LLC, an Iowa limited liability company, and Renewable Energy Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the transactions contemplated thereby (“Proposal 1”);

~~REG~~(ii) in ~~Newco,~~the ~~Inc.~~event ~~has~~Proposal ~~filed~~1 ~~with~~is ~~the~~approved, ~~SEC~~to adissolve, ~~Registration~~wind ~~Statement~~up onand ~~Form~~liquidate ~~S-4~~the Company ~~containing~~as asoon ~~Joint~~as ~~Proxy Statement/Prospectus~~reasonably ~~regarding~~practicable following the ~~proposed~~consummation ~~consolidation~~of ~~transaction.~~the ~~The~~sale ~~definitive~~of substantially ~~Joint~~all ~~Proxy~~of ~~Statement/Prospectus will~~the beCompany’s ~~mailed~~assets toand ~~stockholders~~liabilities ofto REG ~~and~~Newton, ~~unitholders~~LLC, ofas contemplated ~~CIE.~~in the Asset Purchase Agreement (“Proposal 2”)

~~INVESTORS~~(iii) to ~~AND~~approve ~~SECURITY~~the ~~HOLDERS~~adjournment OFor ~~CIE~~postponement ~~ARE~~of ~~URGED~~the TOspecial ~~READ~~meeting ~~THE~~to ~~DEFINITIVE~~a ~~JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL~~later ~~AMENDMENTS~~date, ~~AND~~if ~~SUPPLEMENTS~~necessary, ~~THERETO)~~to ASpermit ~~WELL~~further ASsolicitation ~~OTHER~~of ~~RELEVANT~~proxies ~~DOCUMENTS~~if ~~FILED~~there ORare TOnot ~~BE FILED BY REG NEWCO AND CIE WITH~~sufficient ~~THE~~votes ~~SEC~~at ~~CAREFULLY~~the ~~AND~~time INof ~~THEIR~~the ~~ENTIRETY~~special ~~WHEN~~meeting ~~THEY~~to ~~BECOME~~approve ~~AVAILABLE~~the ~~BECAUSE~~Asset ~~THEY~~Purchase ~~CONTAIN~~Agreement ~~IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT~~(“Proposal ~~CIE, REG NEWCO AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION~~3”).

~~Investors~~A ~~and~~quorum ~~security~~was ~~holders~~present ~~may~~for ~~obtain~~the aspecial ~~free~~meeting. ~~copy~~Each of the ~~Joint~~foregoing ~~Proxy~~proposals ~~Statement/Prospectus~~was ~~and~~approved ~~other~~by ~~documents~~the ~~filed~~Company’s unit byholders. ~~CIE~~The ornumber ~~REG~~and ~~Newco~~percentage ~~with~~of ~~the~~votes ~~SEC~~cast atwith ~~the~~respect ~~SEC’s~~to ~~website~~each atproposal ~~www.sec.gov.~~were as follows:

~~Participants~~Proposal ~~in Solicitation~~1: REG Newco, REG, CIE, and their respective directors and executive officers and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding REG Newco’s directors and executive officers is available in the definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on January 20, 2010, and information regarding CIE’s directors and executive officers is available in its annual report on Form 10-K which was filed with the SEC on December 29, 2009. Other information regarding the participants in the proxy solicitation and a description of their direct and indirect interests, by security holdings or otherwise, is contained in the definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed by REG Newco with the SEC and which will be delivered to CIE’s security holders.


For	Against	Abstain
21,589	242	27
80.9%	0.9%	0.1%

Proposal 2:


For	Against	Abstain
21,535	296	27
80.7%	1.1%	0.1%

Proposal 3:


For	Against	Abstain
21,508	294	56
80.6%	1.1%	0.2%

The foregoing description of the Asset Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amended and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 23, 2009.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)

None.

(b)

None.

(c)

None.

(d) ~~Exhibits.~~None

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Letter to Unit Holders of Central Iowa Energy, LLC dated January 21, 2010.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

		CENTRAL IOWA ENERGY, LLC
January 21, 2010		/s/ John Van Zee
February 18, 2010		/s/ John Van Zee
Date		John Van Zee, President ~~and CEO~~

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