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Originally Posted by mikemhg
IWhy as British Columbians are we paying more for gas than anywhere else in North America? What is going on here? Why is the populace so apathetic to doing anything about it, and holding their government accountable?
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RE: Gas Prices
We don't refine enough for ourselves, so we have to buy from Alberta (this is most of our supply) and WA State (5% of supply). Suppliers from AB/WA charge us a transport cost and markup on that.
WA State already got one of the highest spot prices for gasoline in domestic US because you guessed it... not enough refinement capacity.
RE: Public Inquiry
I thought this happened? BCUC held a public inquiry:
https://www.bcuc.com/OurWork/ViewPro...licationid=681
There was some bill passed that required providers to provide info, and they also made this site:
https://www.gaspricesbc.ca/
They found that there's some 13c litre that isn't accounted by taxes + transport cost + whatever on top of the PNW spot price.