News Releases

80 Environmental Advocacy Groups Support Price Gouging Penalty On California Refiners

January 20, 2023  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—80 environmental and public health advocacy groups have sent a letter of support to Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), author of legislation setting a...

Consumer Watchdog Calls for Investigation Into So Cal Gas Natural Price Spikes

January 19, 2023  ·  Jamie Court

Points to Evidence Utility Colluded with Parent Company Sempra To Drive Up Price On Customers Consumer Watchdog wrote Attorney General Rob Bonta and Los Angeles...

4th Quarter Oil Permit Approvals Show Steep Rise Within Protective Buffer Zones As State’s Top Oil Regulator Steps Down, Advocacy Groups Report

January 18, 2023  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—The state Oil & Gas Supervisor at the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM) has been relieved of his job against the backdrop...

Oil Refiners More Than Doubled Their CA Profits From Recent Gas Price Spikes

December 20, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

Watchdog Makes Case For Windfall Profits Cap  Sacramento, CA — California’s four big oil refiners more than doubled their average profit of the last 20...

Consumer Groups Voice Support For Gov Newsom’s Windfall Profits Cap/Price Gouging Penalty

December 5, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

Sacramento, CA — Leading consumer groups have written Governor Newsom to offer support for his plan to impose a windfall profits cap and price gouging penalty on...

New Poll Shows More Than 60% of Californians Support Windfall Profits Cap On Oil Refiners

December 2, 2022  ·  Jamie Court

More than six in ten California voters support a proposal to impose a windfall profits cap and price gouging rebate on oil refiners for the...

CA’s Big 5 Oil Refiner Profits Top $26 Billion, $1 Per Gallon; Watchdog To Make Case For Profits Disclosure Bill And Windfall Profits Tax To Assembly Gas Pricing Committee

December 1, 2022  ·  Liza Tucker

​ Los Angeles, CA— A review of California’s five big oil refiners’ investor reports from the second quarter shows unprecedented, windfall profits that top $1 per...

New Poll Shows More Than 60% of Californians Support Windfall Profits Cap On Oil Refiners

November 30, 2022  ·  Evan Thomas King

​ More than six in ten California voters support a proposal to impose a windfall profits cap and price gouging rebate on oil refiners for...

Oil Producers Financing Referendum Against Drilling Ban Received New Permits This Year To Drill In Public Health Safety Zone Ahead Of January Ban

November 17, 2022  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—As a ban on permit approvals for oil drilling near vulnerable communities looms on January 1, oil drillers seeking to overturn the ban...

California Oil Refiners Post 30% Higher Profits In CA, Capturing A $1.8 Billion Windfall: Why We Need A Windfall Profits Cap

November 3, 2022  ·  Liza Tucker

With California’s five big oil refiner third quarter profits reports complete, a Consumer Watchdog review shows that four of the five together posted 30% higher profits per gallon from gasoline sold on the West Coast than anywhere else in the nation or world.

Phillips Extracts 68 Cents Per Gallon In 3rd Q Profits From West Coast Consumers; Pushes Total Windfall Profits For CA Refiners Past $1.5 Billion This Year

November 1, 2022  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—Oil refiner Phillips 66 posted 3rd quarter refining profits of $2.8 billion, accounting for more than half of its total quarterly profits of $5.3...

Chevron Doubles 3rd Q Refining Profit to $2.5 Billion; New CA Transparency Law To Reveal Extent Of Big, Hidden Windfall Profits

October 28, 2022  ·  Liza Tucker

Los Angeles, CA—Chevron posted refining profits of $2.5 billion dollars in the third quarter, almost doubling their haul from the same quarter the year before. Half...