When a private club that is too cozy with corporations make the rules on consumer protection, guess what happens? The National Conference on Weights and Measures met last week and did exactly what the…
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Archive | Tag: hot fuel
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Hot fuel fix rises from the dead
7-21-09 by dugan Is it hot out? Well, so’s your gasoline. You’re losing a few cents a gallon each time you fill up at the pump. And no, with today’s insulated underground tanks,…
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Big hammer in hot fuel lawsuit
05-01-09 by dugan Last week I figured the vehement reaction of the fuel industry, as Costco agreed to sell gasoline adjusted for temperature, was because Costco was the first crack in the industry’s united front….
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Running scared on hot fuel
04-27-08 by dugan A retail fuel industry publication sent out this story today, making every argument it could think of against Costco’s agreement to sell gasoline that is adjusted for temperature so motorists get the…
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Costco Hot Fuel Deal Applauded
Consumer Group Applauds Costco for Deal to Sell ‘Fair Fuel,’ Ending Hot Fuel Ripoff Agreement for Costco Gas Stations Would Adjust Fuel for Temperature in Several States. Oil Companies Will be ‘Making Fairness Illegal’ if…
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Costco ‘Hot Fuel’ fix, almost
4-20-09 by dugan Great news–the legal paper Daily Journal (subscription barrier) said Friday that the Costco chain, already know for consumer-friendliness, agreed to eliminate the "hot fuel" ripoff at its gasoline stations. Unlike every other…
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Conflict Taints Hot Fuel Study Outcome
Consumer Group Letters Charge Conflict of Interest in Oil-Friendly Outcome of California Fuel Temperature Study Gov. Schwarzenegger, Assembly Speaker Bass Asked for Action to Protect Consumer Fairness Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog has filed…
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Hot Fuel Study Fixed For Big Oil
Documents Show Political Appointees Interfered With Cal. Energy Commission Study Of Hot Fuel Ripoff To Protect Oil Companies Consumer Group Says Government Staff’s Consumer-Oriented Findings Were Altered by Commissioners With Ties to Oil Industry Santa…
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Word fight over hot fuel
03-04-09 by dugan Are fairness and transparency in buying and selling just "public perceptions" that are "subjective" and "variable"? Of course not. That’s why regulators measure and inspect the scales at your supermarket. They even…
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Groups Seek Hot Fuel Records
Consumer Groups Seek Records of California Energy Commission On Disputed ‘Hot Fuel’ Report, After Conflict of Interest Charge Against Commissioner Santa Monica, CA — Consumer Watchdog and Public Citizen have filed a detailed request for…
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Timing is everything
2-10-09 by dugan Last night, a few hours after Consumer Watchdog and Public Citizen sent out a news release that was highly critical of the California Energy Commission (along with a letter pointing out a…
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CEC’s Skew To Big Oil Protested
Consumer Groups Protest California Energy Commission’s Skew to Oil Industry in ‘Hot Fuel’ Report Letter to Commissioner Heading Hot Fuel Study Cites His Clear Conflict of Interest: Spouse’s Petroleum Association Job Washington, DC — Two…
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CEC Deep Freeze On Hot Fuel
California Energy Board Seeks To Put Remedy for ‘Hot Fuel’ Ripoff in Deep Freeze — Group Calls for Immediate Fix Draft Report Accepts Industry Call for Ban on Temperature-Compensating Device, Denies Consumers Would Benefit From…