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California Energy Commission

State agency that collects fuel-market data; home of the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight.

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CEC
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  1. includes Petroleum Market Advisory Committee 2014–2017
  2. includes Division of Petroleum Market Oversight 2023 –

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Timeline 8 dates
  1. 2014–2017 Petroleum Market Advisory Committee part of California Energy Commission
  2. 21 Oct 2019 Energy Commission analysis of gasoline prices, October 2019 part of California Energy Commission
  3. 21 Oct 2019 California Energy Commission authored Energy Commission analysis of gasoline prices, October 2019
  4. 2023 – Division of Petroleum Market Oversight part of California Energy Commission
  5. May 2024 Joint report of the tax agency and the Energy Commission, May 2024 part of California Energy Commission
  6. May 2024 California Energy Commission authored Joint report of the tax agency and the Energy Commission, May 2024
  7. Aug 2025 California Energy Commission authored Energy Commission staff report on the margin cap
  8. 29 Aug 2025 California Energy Commission leads Energy Commission sets aside the margin cap, 2025
Proof 6 sources
  1. SB X1-2 and AB X2-1 Implementation, California Energy Commission. Primary record
    At the August 29, 2025 Business Meeting, the Commissioners resolved to deprioritize implementing the maximum GGRM and penalty for at least five years while the state continues to develop and implement a sector-wide managed transition strategy.
    The Division of Petroleum Market Oversight (DPMO) will be created as a new and independent division within the CEC responsible for oversight, investigation, economic analysis, and policy recommendations related to the transportation fuels market.
  2. Testimony of Severin Borenstein before the California Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing, Severin Borenstein, 30 Jun 2022. Primary record
    California Energy Commission’s Petroleum Market Advisory Committee (PMAC) from its creation in 2014 to its close in 2017
  3. Additional Analysis on Gasoline Prices in California, California Energy Commission, 21 Oct 2019. Primary record
    The CEC has concluded that the primary cause of the residual price increase is simply that California’s retail gasoline outlets are charging higher prices than those in other states.
    The overall California increase in retail margins, above that experienced by the rest of the U.S. has resulted in California gasoline consumers paying an estimated additional $1.5 billion in 2018 and $11.6 billion over the last five years.
  4. Review of the Gasoline Market in California and Related Tax Revenues (joint report of the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and the California Energy Commission), California Department of Tax and Fee Administration and California Energy Commission, May 2024. Primary record
    UC Berkeley Professor Severin Borenstein has dubbed this unexplained price gap as the “mystery gasoline surcharge.”
  5. Staff Report: Senate Bill X1-2 Implementation, Maximum Gross Gasoline Refining Margin and Penalty (docket 23-OIIP-01, TN 266420), California Energy Commission. Primary record
    The CEC’s preliminary analysis demonstrates that imposing a maximum gross refining margin penalty at this time may affect refiners’ capital outlay plans in essential refinery maintenance and upgrades
  6. What Drives California’s Gasoline Prices?, California Energy Commission. Primary record
    715 P Street Sacramento, CA 95814
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