City, Sarai passed to BC Utilities Commission in fight for clarity on Kamloops gas prices

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“We’ve been asking – we just don’t get any answers. When you are travelling the Interior as a SILGA representative, you are seeing lower gas prices in smaller communities or even in Vernon at $1.53,” added Sarai. 

Dix has passed the city to the BC Utilities Commission for further information. 

Currently, gas prices in Kamloops are hovering around $1.68, with GasBuddy estimating stations making around 7-cents-a-litre profit.

“Kamloops prices have increased ever so slightly in the last week, up about a penny a litre, at this moment midday Monday (July 6),” said Patrick De Haan, GasBuddy analyst. “Average price now about $168.9. About a week ago we were about $167.8. Prices are still down about 9 cents a litre from where they were a month ago, but prices are still 24 cents above a year ago.”

Issues surrounding the Russia-Ukraine war have also affected prices, with complications at the refinery stage.

“There is not always a general rule of thumb of why these pockets of lower and higher prices emerge, but that’s certainly why we would encourage motorists to shop around before they fill their tanks,” said De Haan.

Sarai wants to see more transparency around pricing, breaking down the individual taxes and take-home for the retailers.

Letter from Dix to City of Kamloops

“I would love to see where all this money is going – how much is the retailer actually making,” said Sarai. “If they are making a penny, I get it, I will support them 100 per cent. But if they are making 7, 8, 10 cents a litre, then we need to question them. And we have to get retailers to start being competitive. Don’t just take [advantage of us].”

To date, the city has not yet received a response from the BC Utilities Commission.

“Whether it’s the retailer or the province or the BC Utilities Commission, someone has to give us some answers so it’s transparent. What is it, the $1.68? Where is it going and who is making the money?” added Sarai.