Michigan Bill Aims to Stop Gas Station Price Gouging

Democrats say a price-gouging bill would stop “Big Oil” greed, but others say it would penalize independent operators of gas stations.

Sen. Jeremy Moss, D-Southfield, and Rep. Laurie Pohutsky, D-Livonia, sponsored Senate Bill 1136, which defines price gouging as “an unjustified disparity of more than 20%” between the price of a comparable energy product or service in a market before, during, or after a market disruption.

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