Gas

Legislation would improve transparency, protect consumers against market manipulation and unfair price spikes

May 2, 2007 -- Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today joined with Senators Maria Cantwell and Gordon Smith to cosponsor a bipartisan measure that would ban price gouging at the gas pump.    » read more »

April 30, 2007 -- New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly A. Ayotte announced today that ExxonMobil Corporation has agreed to repay more than $2 million it received from the state to clean up gasoline spills at some of its stations.    » read more »

May 1, 2007 -- The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) today released the "Michigan Energy Appraisal: Summer 2007." The appraisal, published since 1978, reviews the projected prices and availability of energy in Michigan over the summer months.    » read more »

May 1, 2007 -- With Connecticut consumers reporting steep increases in gas prices in the last few days and with some stations charging as high as $3.39 for a gallon of regular unleaded, Governor M. Jodi Rell today asked state’s Congressional Delegation to join her in calling for a quick and thorough federal investigation of the recent national price spike.

Governor Rell noted that more than six weeks after her original request to U.S. Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman for an investigation, she still has not received a response.    » read more »

May 1, 2007, Juneau, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin today announced that she is launching a comprehensive assessment of the condition of Alaska’s oil and gas infrastructure. Referred to as a “risk assessment,” the effort is fundamentally an engineering analysis involving a thorough, independent appraisal of the condition of the state’s oil and gas facilities. It goes on to identify facilities and systems that pose the greatest risk of failure, along with measures to reduce risks.    » read more »