California Energy Panel Defers Debate on Giving Gasoline Producers a Regulatory Break
Gasoline prices at a Shell station in Los Angeles on Oct. 5, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images The California Energy Commission (CEC) has tabled a resolution calling for a pause in implementing a 2023 state law that would impose financial penalties on gasoline producers accused of accruing “excess profits” while “price gouging” consumers.