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The shrinking number of oil refineries in California is another reason there’s a growing gap between California and the rest of the country’s gas prices. Today, there are only 11 major ...
California is ringing in 2024 with a gallon of regular gas priced almost 30 cents higher than it was this time last year. From California’s statewide average of $5.89 per gallon in September ...
The agency said earlier this month that fuel producers in California typically pass 8 to 10 cents per gallon of costs to consumers as a result of the program. But estimates for how the board’s ...
LPG is composed mainly of propane and butane, while natural gas is composed of the lighter methane and ethane. LPG, vaporised and at atmospheric pressure, has a higher calorific value (46 MJ/m 3 equivalent to 12.8 kWh/m 3 ) than natural gas (methane) (38 MJ/m 3 equivalent to 10.6 kWh/m 3 ), which means that LPG cannot simply be substituted for ...
Gas prices have been on the rise nationwide, but for California drivers, they've skyrocketed in a short amount of time.. The Golden State's average at the pump surged by $0.23 to $5.27 per gallon ...
In the U.S., over 190,000 on-road vehicles use propane, and over 450,000 forklifts use it for power. It is the third most popular vehicle fuel in the world, [43] behind gasoline and diesel fuel. In other parts of the world, propane used in vehicles is known as autogas. In 2007, approximately 13 million vehicles worldwide use autogas. [43]
The remaining 15% of California's natural gas is produced in-state, both off-shore and onshore. Natural-gas-fired electricity generator plants have been the dominant use of natural gas California for many years. Natural gas is a dispatchable resource that fills in the gaps from other electrical resources when peak power loads are needed.
A recent study shows investing in modernization instead of pipelines could save Californians over $20 billion by 2045 (about $32,000 per gas customer). As heat waves become more severe and ...