Newsom Calls Special Session for Bill on Increased Refinery Regulation

On August 31, 2024, Governor Gavin Newsom called for a special session of the legislature to pass legislation on the governor’s plan for gasoline prices. The plan, introduced in the Senate as SB 950 and in the Assembly as AB 1, would expand the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) authority to regulate oil refineries by requiring resupply plans during m…