by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
‘If the remaining refineries cannot secure increased supplies of in-state crude, we risk seeing more refinery closures and even higher gas prices’
AAA reports today that the national average gas price is $3.17 per gallon. California’s average gas price per gallon is $4.65 – once again, the highest gas price per gallon in the nation.
The high gas costs in California is a direct result of Democrats’ harsh regulations and restrictions on the state’s oil and gas industry, leading to two refineries threatening closures, and Chevron to leave the state.
California’s gas prices are higher than even Hawaii, which has to import all oil and gas in.
California Democrats’ war on the oil and gas industry is working, but not for the people, or the oil and gas industry. Governor Gavin Newsom in April directed state officials to increase efforts to guarantee reliable fuel supplies for the nation’s biggest auto market, prompting oil companies to blame state policies for difficult business conditions and high pump prices.
But California’s gas prices have remained the highest in the country.
