With Californians paying the nation’s highest gas prices and electricity rates nearly 90% higher than the U.S. average, candidates appear ready to realign policy to reality.

“The choices made in the next four years will determine whether California families gain stability – or face even higher costs and greater uncertainty.”

California’s energy policies have made the state uniquely vulnerable to geopolitical events like war in the Middle East.

Hochul: “While I am still committed to working toward our targets, with all the stress our residents are under, New Yorkers expect their elected officials to prioritize affordability.”

Some Assembly Democrats say CARB’s new regulations will “further disincentivize in-state refineries to remain in California.”

California will continue to rely on gasoline for many years to come – and while we do, where it comes from matters.

Increasing fuel imports could put the world’s fourth-largest economy one international crisis away from lines at the pump.

Fuel that isn’t produced in-state must arrive through California’s ports – and there is a limit to the amount of gasoline our infrastructure can move from tankers to market.

Instead of addressing the hostile policies pushing refineries out of business, California is turning to foreign fuel suppliers who don’t employ local workers or pay local taxes.