California Energy Commission – Page 5

Newsom’s ABX2-1 Will Artificially Create a Fuel Shortage Crisis by Limiting Distribution of Fuel

September 27, 2024 8:46 amSeptember 28, 2024 10:40 am

Why is gas more than $5 gallon in California and not across the country if “Big Oil” is so greedy? California Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special legislative session after accusing California’s oil refineries of price gouging. The governor...

Ringside: What’s Behind Newsom’s ‘Special Session’ on Gasoline Prices

September 25, 2024 5:11 pmSeptember 26, 2024 12:45 pm

By now most of the mega-majority Democrats in our state legislature understand basic facts about energy in California: We still derive 50 percent of our total energy from petroleum, and another 30 percent of our energy from natural gas. This...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Economic Illiteracy’ Will Further Harm California’s Oil & Gas Industry

September 20, 2024 8:27 amSeptember 27, 2024 8:40 am

AAA reports today that the national average gas price is $3.22 per gallon, while the average in California is $4.56 per gallon. Within California, the high is $6.00 per gallon in Mono County. In Newsom’s Marin County, gas is $5.13...

Gov. Newsom’s Venezuela-Like Price Control Proposal on Oil Industry

August 29, 2024 8:08 amAugust 31, 2024 11:58 am

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Commission regulators announced earlier this month proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to combat future energy price surges. This followed Chevron Oil company’s announcement that it will be moving its headquarters...

Gov. Newsom Rebuked after Misleading Claim on EV Sales

August 7, 2024 3:17 pmAugust 7, 2024 3:17 pm

A statement by California Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday saying that electric vehicles (EV) have had one of the best quarters in history was widely rebuked as being misleading – EV sales have actually been going down since last year....

California Energy Commission Proposes State Takeover Of Oil Refineries

August 6, 2024 2:55 amAugust 7, 2024 12:57 pm

Just as Chevron Oil company announced that it is moving its headquarters to Houston Texas from San Ramon California, California Energy Commission regulators announced proposed government controls of the petroleum industry, ostensibly in order to combat future energy price surges,...

More Californians Blame Gas Tax Than ‘Price Gouging’ For Highest Gas Prices

July 23, 2024 8:56 pmJuly 24, 2024 9:13 pm

According to a newly released Slingshot California Topline poll, nearly half of all Californians blame the state’s gas tax for why California’s gasoline prices are so high, with only around a third saying that price gouging is to blame. While...