Person
Severin Borenstein
Economist at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business; named California’s “mystery gasoline surcharge”.
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- Q30069163
- member of Petroleum Market Advisory Committee (member) 2014–2017
- chair of Petroleum Market Advisory Committee 2015–2017
Connections 4
chair of
- Petroleum Market Advisory Committee 2015–2017 Primary record 1
member of
- Petroleum Market Advisory Committee 2014–2017 member Primary record 1
involved in
- Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee hearing on fuel supply, May 2026 testified Primary record 23
appears in
- DPMO 2024 Annual Report the report says it independently validated his findings Primary record 4
Timeline 2 dates
- 2014–2017 Severin Borenstein member of Petroleum Market Advisory Committee
- 2015–2017 Severin Borenstein chair of Petroleum Market Advisory Committee
Proof 4 sources
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Testimony of Severin Borenstein before the California Assembly Select Committee on Gasoline Supply and Pricing, Severin Borenstein, 30 Jun 2022.
Primary record
I was chair of the PMAC from 2015 to 2017.
California Energy Commission’s Petroleum Market Advisory Committee (PMAC) from its creation in 2014 to its close in 2017
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Shoring up California oil supply will come at a price, officials say (KQED, via LAist), LAist, 6 May 2026.
Scholarship & press
Severin Borenstein, professor and faculty director of The Energy Institute, UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, said in the public hearing that the recent spike is just one part of a larger trend.
Bornstein said this adds about $0.50 per gallon, on top of oil and refining costs.
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California Gasoline Prices Since the Start of the US/Israel-Iran War (testimony slides, Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee hearing, 5 May 2026), Severin Borenstein, 5 May 2026.
Primary record
California’s Mystery Gasoline Surcharge has widened
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Division of Petroleum Market Oversight 2024 Annual Report (CEC-900-2025-001), Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, Oct 2025.
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DPMO has independently validated Professor Borenstein’s findings using public and industry data.
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