Californians Must Balance Affordability with Clean Energy Goals
Two refineries are shutting down in California – costing important blue collar jobs and causing prices to rise even higher.
California lawmakers have a chance to step up and advance clean energy goals while protecting families from higher costs.
Protecting progress. Lowering costs.
California is leading the world in clean energy, but an unsustainable strategy has forced multiple refineries to consider shutting down—reducing gas supply, driving up costs for consumers, and causing even more pain at the pump.
California legislators have the opportunity to step up —protecting families from rising costs while moving towards cleaner energy.
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Without Action, Gas Could Reach $8 a Gallon by 2026
Another refinery closure could lead to a significant increase in costs to consumers.
USC professor, Michael A. Mische, predicts refinery closures and regulatory policies could drive gas prices as high as $8 a gallon. (CBS News)
Affordable fuel is integral to maintaining our quality of life.
California’s Clean Energy Goals Don’t Have to Hurt Family Budgets
California has some of the most ambitious clean energy goals in the world.
But rising gas prices leave families with unfair choices – fewer groceries, skipped medications, and stretching every dollar.
California can lead our energy future — without leaving working families behind.
Refinery Shutdowns Cost Blue Collar Jobs that Support Working Families
Refinery closures don’t just create pain at the pump, they displace thousands of blue collar workers and their families.
Petroleum refinery jobs provide “some of the last blue-collar jobs that pay enough to enable workers to buy a home in the Bay Area” (SF Chronicle). When refineries leave California, these jobs will leave with them.
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Lawmakers are losing trust in state agencies as overreaching regulations continue to raise gas prices. Regulators “have treated consumers, drivers, workers and Californians overall as an afterthought in the state's clean energy transition and affordability problems.”
Gas prices across California could significantly increase if two refineries in the state shut down, according to a professor at the University of Southern California.
California legislature members discussed the closure of two refineries next year, which has caused some concerns that it could increase the cost for gas or increase amount of fuel imported at ports in Los Angeles in Long Beach.
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