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, September 8, 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:
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 1.01 cpl, resulting in a 1.2 cpl increase, accounting for taxation and rounding.
The next scheduled price change is Thursday, September 15.
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Automotive Fuels – Maximum Retail Pump Prices – Effective September 8, 2011
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Heating Fuels – Maximum Tank Wagon (or ** Tank Farm) Prices – Effective September 8, 2011
Media contact:
David Hillier
Research Analyst
1-866-489-8800, 489-8836
E-mail: dhillier@pub.nl.ca or
visit the board’s website: www.pub.nl.ca.
2011 09 08 10:25 a.m.