The legislation comes after regulators reported an unexplained 10 to 13 cent premium on Lower Mainland fuel prices.

The refinery that is the sole local supplier of motor fuel in the B.C. Lower Mainland is being scheduled for an eight-week maintenance shutdown early next year.

Prices at some gas stations around Vancouver were as high as $1.589 on Wednesday morning.

Gas was selling for as low as $1.369 in Langley, $1.379 in Burnaby and $1.389 at a gas bar in Vancouver on Friday morning.

The most recent jump was to $1.719 at Fraser Highway and 152nd Street in Surrey.

If you can wait until tomorrow to gas up, you're likely to save a few cents per litre.

Are petroleum suppliers pocketing an unfair profit, or is B.C. being squeezed by a lack of supply?

The previous all-time record was set on June 22, 2014, at $1.557.