An Augusta convenience store has paid a $10,000 settlement to the state of Georgia over price-gouging allegations during Hurricane Helene. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced the settlement ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has announced that the state’s law against price gouging is now in effect after Gov. Henry McMaster declared a State of Emergency.Earlier today, McMaster ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission on Monday said a nine-month investigation revealed a smattering of gasoline price gouging after Hurricane Katrina, though not any widespread effort by ...

After a massive public outcry, the state Public Service Commission announced a proposed $80 million Hope Gas rate increase will be halved to $40 million. The PSC acknowledged the over 800 public ...

The California Energy Commission voted on Friday to suspend its ability to impose a profit cap on gasoline refiners for the next five years. The ability to set this cap, sometimes described as a price ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The state's petroleum watchdog has issued its annual report validating claims that Californians have overpaid tens of billions of dollars at the pump ...

Gas prices could drop to the $3 mark for the first time in four years as a swelling oil supply drives crude prices sharply lower, according to a recent analysis by AAA. The national average price for ...

A government taskforce on energy costs has recommended that the regulator for the sector carry out a probe to see whether electricity providers are ­failing to pass on cuts in wholesale costs to ...

California officials are starting to take a more proactive stance against the spread of the novel coronavirus. RELATED: California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares statewide emergency after 1st novel ...