Report discourages gasoline price caps

Hawaii law imposing price caps to take effect July 1; consultant report says consumers would be hurt; citizens group disagrees

Bruce Dunford

Associated Press Writer

An �overdue� report prepared by a consultant hired by the state said Sept. 8 that Hawaii's gasoline price caps, scheduled to take effect July 1, would not benefit consumers and would hurt the state's gasoline market. �We are convinced that the Hawaii gas cap law cannot be successfully impleme....

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Law passed in May 2002

Effort to repeal cap expected next year

Report finds no easy solutions