Gas Prices
California
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California’s Regulatory Assault On Drivers Continues
Californians already suffering from significantly higher gas prices will be dismayed to learn that the regulatory state has decided to make things worse. For the rest of the country, the changes stand as a stark warning. Last week, the California Air Resources Board, known as CARB, voted to increase the ...
Wayne H Winegarden
November 13, 2024
Commentary
Learn more about how the LCFS will hurt families
Changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Cost Families Dearly
The California Air Resources Board should go back to the drawing board rather than expand a policy that would raise gas prices without meaningfully lowering emissions. At issue is an upcoming vote where this group of unelected bureaucrats will update California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, effectively driving prices at the ...
Wayne H Winegarden
November 6, 2024
Climate Change
Phil Goldberg – On State and Local Climate Change Litigation
Phil Goldberg, special counsel with the Manufacturers Accountability Project of the National Association of Manufacturers, joins us to discuss a key upcoming Supreme Court case that could impact the future of state and local climate change litigation. We discuss with Phil why these lawsuits drive up energy costs and hurt ...
Pacific Research Institute
September 30, 2024
California
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Adopting policies the ‘California Way’ could skyrocket energy costs
Ask any Californian paying their summer power bills and they’ll tell you a different story. Government data also offers a fact check – Energy Information Administration figures show the average monthly price of electricity was 34.3 cents per kilowatt hour in May (second to Hawaii), compared to 14.7 cents in ...
Kerry Jackson and Tim Anaya
August 24, 2024
Blog
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As Chevron Exits California, Will Still Attempt to Buy Its Oil Refineries?
It’s unlikely that was the plan. But it is interesting that at roughly the same time Chevron made its announcement, which was no surprise to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, the California Energy Commission issued a staff report that includes a dedicated section (Chapter 3, page 7) on “State-Owned Refineries.” It’s ...
Kerry Jackson
August 21, 2024
Blog
Read why latest employer is leaving California
Chevron’s Departure Highlights California’s Risky Economic Future
Companies have been decamping from California for greener pastures so frequently that, in some ways, Chevron’s announcement is barely newsworthy. The particulars of Chevron’s decision are important, however, because they exemplify the large economic risks California’s policymakers are taking. Judged by their actions, California’s political leaders, including Governor Newsom, have ...
Wayne Winegarden
August 7, 2024
Commentary
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As Gas Prices Rise in California, Could Even More Pain at the Pump Be Coming?
California, its political class fixated on an unattainable net-zero carbon emissions transportation sector, has been laboring for years under a low carbon fuel standard. This monster was created by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. To comply with the LCFS fuel producers are required “to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels sold in California. ...
Kerry Jackson
March 8, 2024
Commentary
More regulations are not the answer to California’s high and volatile gas prices
By Kerry Jackson & Wayne Winegarden California has an oil czar, and no, he’s not elected. Czars never are. Of course that’s not his official title, but Tai Milder, the first director of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight for the California Energy Commission, recently made this first official policy ...
Pacific Research Institute
February 23, 2024
Commentary
Read about latest government green mandates
Newsom’s Quixotic Quest
That characterization is apt. Other components of the crackdown include the governor and state attorney general Rob Bonta’s lawsuit against oil companies, a call for a windfall-profits tax at a time when profit margins in the energy sector are declining precipitously, ordinances that block the construction of new gas stations, ...
Kerry Jackson
November 21, 2023
Blog
Read about push to increase driving costs
Is It A War On Traffic … Or A War On Cars?
It’s expected that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will release a study this summer that will offer, reports the Los Angeles Times, “a blueprint for a congestion pricing scheme similar to ones in cities such as London, Stockholm and Singapore, where commuters pay to drive in city centers.” ...
Kerry Jackson
June 27, 2023
Learn more about California's high gas prices
California’s Regulatory Assault On Drivers Continues
Californians already suffering from significantly higher gas prices will be dismayed to learn that the regulatory state has decided to make things worse. For the rest of the country, the changes stand as a stark warning. Last week, the California Air Resources Board, known as CARB, voted to increase the ...
Learn more about how the LCFS will hurt families
Changes to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard Will Cost Families Dearly
The California Air Resources Board should go back to the drawing board rather than expand a policy that would raise gas prices without meaningfully lowering emissions. At issue is an upcoming vote where this group of unelected bureaucrats will update California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard, effectively driving prices at the ...
Phil Goldberg – On State and Local Climate Change Litigation
Phil Goldberg, special counsel with the Manufacturers Accountability Project of the National Association of Manufacturers, joins us to discuss a key upcoming Supreme Court case that could impact the future of state and local climate change litigation. We discuss with Phil why these lawsuits drive up energy costs and hurt ...
Read the latest on the new PRI book
Adopting policies the ‘California Way’ could skyrocket energy costs
Ask any Californian paying their summer power bills and they’ll tell you a different story. Government data also offers a fact check – Energy Information Administration figures show the average monthly price of electricity was 34.3 cents per kilowatt hour in May (second to Hawaii), compared to 14.7 cents in ...
Read the latest about California's misguided energy policies
As Chevron Exits California, Will Still Attempt to Buy Its Oil Refineries?
It’s unlikely that was the plan. But it is interesting that at roughly the same time Chevron made its announcement, which was no surprise to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, the California Energy Commission issued a staff report that includes a dedicated section (Chapter 3, page 7) on “State-Owned Refineries.” It’s ...
Read why latest employer is leaving California
Chevron’s Departure Highlights California’s Risky Economic Future
Companies have been decamping from California for greener pastures so frequently that, in some ways, Chevron’s announcement is barely newsworthy. The particulars of Chevron’s decision are important, however, because they exemplify the large economic risks California’s policymakers are taking. Judged by their actions, California’s political leaders, including Governor Newsom, have ...
Read the latest on California gas prices
As Gas Prices Rise in California, Could Even More Pain at the Pump Be Coming?
California, its political class fixated on an unattainable net-zero carbon emissions transportation sector, has been laboring for years under a low carbon fuel standard. This monster was created by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. To comply with the LCFS fuel producers are required “to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels sold in California. ...
More regulations are not the answer to California’s high and volatile gas prices
By Kerry Jackson & Wayne Winegarden California has an oil czar, and no, he’s not elected. Czars never are. Of course that’s not his official title, but Tai Milder, the first director of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight for the California Energy Commission, recently made this first official policy ...
Read about latest government green mandates
Newsom’s Quixotic Quest
That characterization is apt. Other components of the crackdown include the governor and state attorney general Rob Bonta’s lawsuit against oil companies, a call for a windfall-profits tax at a time when profit margins in the energy sector are declining precipitously, ordinances that block the construction of new gas stations, ...
Read about push to increase driving costs
Is It A War On Traffic … Or A War On Cars?
It’s expected that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will release a study this summer that will offer, reports the Los Angeles Times, “a blueprint for a congestion pricing scheme similar to ones in cities such as London, Stockholm and Singapore, where commuters pay to drive in city centers.” ...