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Watchdog Exposes Phony Oil Refiner Arguments In Price Gouging Penalty Proceeding, Makes Case For Maximum Gross Refining Margin Of 70 Cents Per Gallon

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月曜日, 5月 6, 2024
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In comments filed with the California Energy Commission (CEC) Friday, Consumer Watchdog made the case for a maximum gross refining margin that penalizes refiners for profits of over 70 cents per gallon.

Key Points: 
  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In comments filed with the California Energy Commission (CEC) Friday, Consumer Watchdog made the case for a maximum gross refining margin that penalizes refiners for profits of over 70 cents per gallon.
  • The nonprofit group pointed to state data showing 2022 and 2023 as unprecedented years for refining margins and that refining margins for the rest of the last decade averaged 64 cents per gallon.
  • Consumer Watchdog called out California's big five oil refiners, which make 98% of California's gasoline, for creating artificial supply shortages that allowed them to make excessive profits.
  • "It would be disingenuous policymaking to fail to implement a maximum price gouging penalty because the Commission fears refiners will collude to keep prices higher than warranted.

Two Bills Holding Community Oil Drillers Accountable Advance To Appropriations Committee, Says Consumer Watchdog

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火曜日, 4月 23, 2024
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64 environmental, consumer and public interest groups came out for AB 3155, sponsored by Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment.

Key Points: 
  • 64 environmental, consumer and public interest groups came out for AB 3155, sponsored by Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment.
  • Under AB 3155, oil drillers could face penalties ranging from $250,000 to a $1 million.
  • "Oil drillers think people living in these communities are disposable, which is why they don't use the best pollution control technology," Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog, said.
  • The cost of oil companies doing business cannot be paid for in residents' health and their subsequent health costs."

Bill Holding Drillers Legally Liable for Harms Advances, Backed by 64 Public Interest Groups And Activist Nalleli Cobo, Says Consumer Watchdog

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火曜日, 4月 16, 2024
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"I grew up 30 feet from an oil well," Nalleli Cobo, a Los Angeles resident, said.

Key Points: 
  • "I grew up 30 feet from an oil well," Nalleli Cobo, a Los Angeles resident, said.
  • It's a signal that some communities are expendable, that our lives don't matter as much as the fossil fuel industry's profits."
  • 64 environmental, consumer and public interest groups also came out for AB 3155, sponsored by Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Race, Poverty and the Environment.
  • The cost of oil companies doing business cannot be paid for in residents' health and their subsequent health costs."

Two Barrels of Oil Per Day Is All Drillers Extract from Community Wells, Making Case For New Law For $10K Per Day Fine, says Consumer Watchdog

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月曜日, 4月 8, 2024
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"With oil at less than $80 per barrel, oil drillers are putting the health of communities at risk for less than $150 per day."

Key Points: 
  • "With oil at less than $80 per barrel, oil drillers are putting the health of communities at risk for less than $150 per day."
  • FracTracker Alliance found that overall statewide oil production averages 3.3 barrels per day per well based on CalGEM data for 2022.
  • An onshore well that produces between 1,000 and 3,000 barrels of oil a day is considered a good production range .
  • "The average community well's two barrel of oil output is not even enough to fuel four Ford F-150 trucks."

New Consumer Alert Exposes Deceptive Oil Industry Attack On Governor Newsom

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金曜日, 2月 23, 2024
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"This phony ad claims to be from a group called Californians for Energy Independence," said Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court.

Key Points: 
  • "This phony ad claims to be from a group called Californians for Energy Independence," said Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court.
  • Why is Chevron angry at Governor Newsom?
  • "And Chevron doesn't like the law Governor Newsom signed to prevent oil drillers from drilling too close to homes and communities," Court continued.
  • The alert concluded by warning the public, "Governor Newsom is standing up for community health and against gasoline price gouging.

Consumer Watchdog Exposes Oil Refiner Disinformation Campaign As Price Gouging Penalty Deliberations Begin At California Energy Commission

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火曜日, 11月 28, 2023
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state's oil refiners lobby as it seeks to discredit the price gouging penalty being developed by the California Energy Commission.

Key Points: 
  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog released a new video today to counter a disinformation campaign by the state's oil refiners lobby as it seeks to discredit the price gouging penalty being developed by the California Energy Commission.
  • Consumer Watchdog president Jamie Court also participated on a roundtable panel at the Energy Commission today dealing with methodologies to establish the penalty.
  • "The oil refiners are up to their dirty old tricks again, but the public should not be fooled," said Court.
  • In the "Consumer Alert" video, Consumer Watchdog exposes the disinformation in a deceptive mailer by a refiner-funded front group called Californians for Affordable and Reliable Energy or CARE.

California Gas Price Gap With US Grows To $1.86 Per Gallon; New State Market Monitor Pins Price Spike On Potential Spot Market Manipulation & Refinery Maintenance, Says Consumer Watchdog

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水曜日, 9月 27, 2023
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The average price for California gasoline was $5.69 per gallon on 9/25 and the average US price was $3.83, according to the EIA.

Key Points: 
  • The average price for California gasoline was $5.69 per gallon on 9/25 and the average US price was $3.83, according to the EIA.
  • "When the gap between US and California pump prices are $1.50 or more per gallon something is wrong.
  • The new gasoline market monitor has pointed to problems with refinery maintenance and inventory management and a questionable transaction in the spot market that artificially drove up the price at the pump.
  • One trade at an artificially inflated price can drive up the price of gasoline at every gasoline station in the state.

Consumer Watchdog Asks CA Finance Dept. To Strike Continued Funding For Failed SF Mobile Recycling Pilot From Budget

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木曜日, 6月 22, 2023
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LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog has called upon the Governor's Department of Finance to strike a $500,000 allocation in the legislative-approved budget for the San Francisco "Bottle Bank" mobile recycling program.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, June 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog has called upon the Governor's Department of Finance to strike a $500,000 allocation in the legislative-approved budget for the San Francisco "Bottle Bank" mobile recycling program.
  • Expenses for the program are $142,000 per month and the most the program has redeemed in a month is $14,000 in deposits.
  • "This is why, according to Public Record Act requests, CalRecycle has refused the Bottle Bank's request for $500,000 in additional funding.
  • "The SF pilot has shown itself to be a colossal financial failure and should not get a penny more in funding," said Consumer Advocate Liza Tucker.

Bill To Hold Oil Companies Presumptively Liable for Harms in Safety Zones Passes First Hurdle in the California Senate, Says Consumer Watchdog

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水曜日, 4月 26, 2023
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SB 556 — legislation that gives people who live near oil wells and have developed cancer, respiratory illnesses and birth defects the right to hold oil drillers liable for their illnesses — passed the California Senate Judiciary Committee in a 8 - 2 vote. SB 556 will now be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Key Points: 
  • SB 556 will hold oil companies presumptively liable for causing cancer, asthma, preterm and high risk births for people living within 3200 ft of an oil well.
  • The legislation will hold the oil drillers presumptively liable for damages with minimum penalties of $250,000 and maximum penalties of $1 million.
  • Oil drillers qualified a referendum that put SB 1137 on hold until voters vote on it in November 2024.
  • If SB 556 becomes law, it would further protect communities by making drillers liable for the harms they cause starting January 2024.

Consumer Watchdog Testifies For Windfall Profits Cap At CA Senate Energy Committee

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水曜日, 2月 22, 2023
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court will offer testimony in favor of enacting a price gouging penalty and windfall profits cap on oil refiners at the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee today.

Key Points: 
  • SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court will offer testimony in favor of enacting a price gouging penalty and windfall profits cap on oil refiners at the California Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee today.
  • "Californians paid unprecedented prices and California oil refiners made unprecedented profits in 2022," said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog.
  • Only a windfall profits cap will deter this profiteering, create price consistency and prevent oil refiners from using their pricing power to undermine environmental laws."
  • Cost of liability insurance decreased by 5.7% in California while increasing by 58.5% nationwide, according to the Consumer Federation of America.