A consumer advocacy group — Consumer Watchdog — is blaming increased gasoline exports from California for the recent spike in pump prices in the state (opens in new tab), the Chron$ reports. Oil companies in California set a record for exports late last year, leaving the state with less gasoline — and thus higher prices. Consumer Watchdog is calling on the state to increase regulation of the oil industry.
Consumer Watchdog · June 12, 2015
https://consumerwatchdog.org/energy/california-gasoline-exports-blamed-price-spike-pump/
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