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, August 25, the Public Utilities Board set maximum prices for all regulated petroleum products in all areas of the province.

The changes to maximum fuel prices are as follows:

• All types of gasoline motor fuel increased by 0.1 or 0.2 cents per litre (cpl);
• Island diesel motor fuel decreased by 0.1 or 0.2 cpl;
• Labrador diesel motor fuel either didn’t change or increased by 0.1 cpl;
• Furnace oil and stove oil heating fuel increased by 0.06 cpl; and,
• Propane heating fuel increased by 0.9 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 0.13 cpl, resulting in a 0.1 cpl increase, accounting for taxation and rounding.

The next scheduled price change is Thursday, September 1.

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1. Automotive Fuels – Maximum Retail Pump Prices – Effective August 25, 2011.
2. Heating Fuels – Maximum Tank Wagon (or ** Tank Farm) Prices – Effective August 25, 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 08 25                                   10:00 a.m.