Government Services
February 17, 2010
The following is being distributed at the request of the Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities:
Weekly Adjustment of Maximum Prices of Regulated Petroleum Products
Effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday, February 17, the Public Utilities Board set maximum prices for all regulated petroleum products in all areas of the province, except where maximum price adjustments have been suspended for the winter months.
Maximum fuel prices changed as follows:- All types of gasoline motor fuel increased by 0.9 or 1.0 cents per litre (cpl);
- Diesel motor fuel decreased by 0.2 or 0.3 cpl;
- Furnace oil heating fuel decreased by 0.11 cpl;
- Stove oil heating fuel decreased by 0.20 cpl; and,
- Propane heating fuel decreased by 0.2 cpl.
These maximum prices reflect the change in the average benchmark price of the products over the seven-day period ending Tuesday of this week. As an example, the average benchmark price for gasoline, as tracked on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) and converted to Canadian dollars, increased over the period by 0.85 cpl, resulting in a 1.0 cpl increase, accounting for taxation and rounding.
The next scheduled price change is Thursday, February 24.
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1. Automotive Fuels – Maximum
Retail Pump Prices – Effective February 17, 2011
2. Heating Fuels – Maximum
Tank Wagon (or ** Tank Farm) Prices – Effective February 17, 2011
Media contact:
Michelle Hicks
Communications
1-866-489-8800, 489-8837
Email: mhicks@pub.nl.ca or visit the
board’s website: www.pub.nl.ca.
2011 02 17 10:05 a.m.