檀香山星际广告师:美国汽油价格在美国第二高
2022年3月19日
By Leila Fujimori
根据AAA的数据,夏威夷的一加仑常规汽油的全州平均价格比周四有史以来平均高点5.122美元降至5.118美元。
这给夏威夷驾车者几乎没有缓刑,为全美最高的汽油价格之一,仅次于加利福尼亚,周五,普通的价格为5.80美元,而全国平均水平为4.274美元。
包括电价在内的燃料成本上升,促使夏威夷县市长米奇·罗斯(Mitch Roth)要求州长戴维·伊格(David Ige)宣布紧急情况,尤其是因为他说,他的一半以上的社区属于“爱丽丝”类别,这是资产限制的类别,收入受限和受雇 - 他们将特别受到伤害。他说,俄罗斯原油的抵制将对夏威夷产生不成比例的负面影响,因为该州严重依赖它。
他说,罗斯在周四写了IGE,重申了他周一的口头要求,以审查公共事业委员会正在审查的快速通道可再生能源项目。他建议在60天内听到PUC听到可再生能源项目,如果委员会发现符合所需的标准,则它批准了该项目的申请。
市长周五告诉《檀香山星际广告》,许多项目多年来一直在等待决定,其中一些项目已有多达五年的历史。他说,该岛的60%的能源来自可再生燃料,但该县近40%的电力来自化石燃料。但是,如果可再生能源项目(风,太阳能,生物燃料和地热)可以快速进行快速进行,它可以节省数百万美元,并防止数十万桶石油被燃烧。
市长说,他的县正试图在加速行动,将舰队更改为氢气,电动巴士和汽车,确保EV充电站启动并运行。它的第一辆氢巴士是在大岛的驳船标题上。
The governor’s office said in an emailed response to the Star-Advertiser’s request for comment that expediting PUC decisions on renewable energy projects would not address the immediate challenges, as each of the projects would have additional steps following a PUC decision before it could be brought online.
电子邮件说:“更直接的解决方案是解决夏威夷县的太阳能和电池存储许可证申请表。”Gov. Ige said in his appearance Monday on the Star-Advertiser’s “Spotlight Hawaii” livestream program that the restriction on Russian oil shouldn’t have an impact on the cost of gas, so “we’re encouraging gas and oil refiners to refrain fromraising prices at this time.”
He said that he is “concerned about suspending the fuel tax because we’re already struggling to meet the demands ofhighways and roadways here in the state of Hawaii.”
卡哈拉(Kahala)和努瓦努(Nuuanu)的Texaco车站的所有者Barnaby Robinson说:“我从没想过我会看到汽油价格为每加仑5美元的一天。”他回想起大约两周前的“重要时刻”。
他说,最大的零售价格指标of gas is the barrel price of crude oil, but it’s the supplier that dictates the changes in price. “We just went down 10 cents today,” he said. But the gas station owner signs a lease with the company. “We set our own prices based on economics,” Robinson said.
其中包括位置,服务,出售的汽油量等。他说:“较小的车站可能会少加仑来扩散成本。”“开展业务的成本正在增加,但政府正在以5美元而不是4美元的价格获得4.5%的一般消费税。”
State metro averages were lowest in Honolulu at $5.017 and highest in Kahului at $5.294, with Kauai ($5.271) and Hilo ($5.148) not far behind, according to AAA. But a Kailua Shell sign at the corner of Oneawa Street and Kuulei Road erroneously posted that a gallon of regular was $5.99, causing potential customers to experience sticker shock.
“这让人们感到恐惧,”经理塔米·维拉莫尔(Tammy Villamor)说。“这是4.99美元。从周四的5.05美元起,我们今天下跌了6美分。Villamor说,错误是由于出现故障的杆子,他无法将“ 5”瓷砖拆除以用“ 4”代替它,因此不得不寻求帮助。
然而,由于价格一直在巨大攀升以来,自从俄罗斯前往夏威夷的原油供应商袭击乌克兰以来,这个标志可能是预言的。就在一个月前,夏威夷天然气的平均价格为4.503美元,是61%的差异。
On March 3 the owner of Hawaii’s oil refinery announced it had stopped its purchases of Russian crude oil.
夏威夷帕尔夏威夷的母公司,休斯敦的Par Pacific Holdings Inc.表示,它正在转向包括北美和南美在内的其他原油来源,以满足夏威夷的需求。2021年,夏威夷原油的四分之一来自俄罗斯东部。
Par Hawaii’s president had said earlier this month that oil and gasoline prices are expected to climb, and fuel prices are driven primarily by global oil markets. Hawaiian Electric Co., which bought 338 million gallons of fuel oil in 2021 from Par Hawaii, said it has been given assurance its supply of oil won’t be affected by the switch to alternative sources of oil.
Mayor Roth has encouraged Hawaii island residents to be a little greener by conserving fuel in different ways, including composting food waste to avoid hauling so much trash to the dump, and growing vegetables to reduce reliance on food that is shipped with high fuel costs.
驾车者购物最便宜的天然气可能想咨询Gasbuddy。com,它允许一个人检查汽油价格。周五Costco Waipio的昂贵汽油价格最低,每加仑4.55美元。
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