Experts stress energy independence as gas prices rise

(The Center Square) – Scientists and energy industry experts took California’s lawmakers to task on Tuesday, saying that the state’s anti-energy regulations have shut down oil refineries across the state and driven up oil prices.

In an Assembly Energy and Utilities Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon, state politicians voiced concern about several global shocks outside of California’s control that are causing the biggest disruption in history to the state’s oil supply.

“The last California-bound tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the war began is at the Port of Long Beach right now, offloading valuable cargo – some two million barrels of crude oil,” Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris, D-Irvine and chair of the Assembly Utilities and Energy Committee, said at the outset of the meeting. “When this tanker is empty, it is unclear where the next replacement ship will be coming from, and we are feeling the impact already here in California.”

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