California’s Newsom Scores Win in Bid to Curb Oil Profits
- State would limit profits, have watchdog to monitor prices
- Newsom has accused oil companies of price gouging at pump
California Governor Gavin Newsom
Photographer: Eric Thayer/BloombergGovernor Gavin Newsom struck a deal Monday with legislative leaders on a proposal to limit how much profit oil companies can make in California and establish a watchdog to monitor gasoline prices.
Under the proposal, authored by state Senator Nancy Skinner, the California Energy Commission would be allowed to impose a penalty on refiners that charge more than an allowable margin for the price of gasoline, Newsom’s press office said in a statement.