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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-20-001489
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200115
ITEM INFORMATION:		Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200122
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200121

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000778164
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INDUSTRIAL ORGANIC CHEMICALS [2860]
		IRS NUMBER:				412170618
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-21467
		FILM NUMBER:		20537326

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814
		BUSINESS PHONE:		916-403-2123

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		400 CAPITOL MALL, SUITE 2060
		CITY:			SACRAMENTO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95814

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ACCESSITY CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030627

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DRIVERSSHIELD COM CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20001115

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST PRIORITY GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM 8-K</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">Date of Report (Date
of earliest event reported): <B>January 15, 2020</B></P>


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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 100%; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; width: 32%; text-align: center"><B>41-2170618</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;(Commission File Number)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(IRS Employer</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">of Incorporation)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>400 Capitol Mall, Suite 2060</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Sacramento, California</B></P></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; vertical-align: bottom; width: 49%; text-align: center"><B>95814</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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Telephone Number, Including Area Code: <B>(916) 403-2123</B></P>

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Last Report)</P>

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8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions
(<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">Common Stock, $0.001 par value</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">PEIX</TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Nasdaq Capital Market)</P></TD></TR>
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by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR
&sect;230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR &sect;240.12b-2). Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>

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an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for
complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&#9744;</FONT></FONT></P>









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<TD><B>Item 3.01.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of
Listing.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 40.3pt">As previously disclosed
by Pacific Ethanol, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) in its Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 19, 2019, the Company received
a letter (the &ldquo;Initial Letter&rdquo;) from the Listing Qualifications department of The Nasdaq Stock Market (&ldquo;Nasdaq&rdquo;)
on July 17, 2019 indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the required minimum bid price of $1.00 per share (the
&ldquo;Minimum Bid Price Requirement&rdquo;) as required under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2). The Initial Letter provided the
Company with 180 calendar days, or until January 13, 2020, to regain compliance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 40.3pt">On January 15,
2020, the Company received a second letter from Nasdaq granting the Company an additional 180 calendar days, or until July 13,
2020, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to
Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(a)(2).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 40.3pt">Nasdaq further
stated in the letter that its determination to grant an extension was based on the Company meeting the continued listing requirement
for market value of publicly held shares and all other applicable requirements for initial listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market,
with the exception of the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, and the Company&rsquo;s written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency
during the second compliance period by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 40.3pt">The Notice has
no immediate effect on the listing or trading of the Company&rsquo;s common stock and the common stock will continue to trade
on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol &ldquo;PEIX.&rdquo;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;January 21,
2020</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">PACIFIC ETHANOL, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/S/ CHRISTOPHER W.
    WRIGHT</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Christopher W. Wright, </FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Vice President, General Counsel &amp; Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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