California’s New Oil Czar Wants to End Mysterious Gas Price Spikes. Here’s His Plan So Far – February 2, 2024

The Sacramento Bee

Faculty Director Severin Borenstein from the Energy Institute provides key insights to the Sacramento Bee into the benefits of a delay in the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) timeline in implementing a price gouging penalty.

“‘The market has matured in many ways, and I expected to see more of a broadening of EVs across the political spectrum,’ he says. ‘I think the results suggest that it may be harder than previously believed to achieve widespread EV adoption.'”

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