Gas Price Regulation
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B.C. passes law to force oil companies to reveal how gas prices are setThe legislation comes after regulators reported an unexplained 10 to 13 cent premium on Lower Mainland fuel prices.Nov 28, 2019
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Gas price inquiry questions whether B.C. is a ‘functioning competitive market’A follow-up to August's gas price inquiry says industry has failed to explain why the Lower Mainland pays 13 cents more per litre than the Pacific Northwest.Nov 12, 2019
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Gas prices jump ahead of long weekend as B.C. awaits provincial inquiry reportMetro Vancouver gas prices are expected to crawl past $1.50 per litre for the first time in weeks on Friday morning.Aug 30, 2019
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Gas prices in Vancouver rose with land costs but full differentials unexplained: reportThe report says Vancouver's gasoline retail margins "highly" correlates with local land values.Jul 10, 2019
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Public will have a say in regulator inquiry into B.C.’s record-high gas pricesThe probe into the province's volatile fuel prices will also include a four-day hearing in July that will explore the issue with oil companies.CanadaMay 24, 2019
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Regulator given 3 months to probe causes of B.C.’s sky-high gas pricesThe B.C. Utilities Commission will now have the power to compel oil companies to explain prices.ConsumerMay 21, 2019
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‘Hopefully we see a change’: Tourist town braces for summer of high gas pricesTourism communities in the B.C. Interior, including Sicamous, are worried the high price at the pump will actually keep their much-needed summertime customers away.CanadaMay 7, 2019
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Should B.C. regulate the price of gas? Economist says it’s the antidote to oil industry ‘gouging’The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says refining margins are artificially high and that the province needs to step in.ConsumerApr 29, 2019
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New Brunswick won’t deregulate gas prices: premierPremier David Alward says he has no plans to deregulate gas prices in New Brunswick.PoliticsApr 30, 2014
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