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The EIA attributes higher pump prices to refining margins that have run about $1 a gallon above 2025 levels since May, alongside crude oil costs and gasoline imports running 32% below their five-year average.
A final rule published Sept. 1 removes 10 CFR part 452 in its entirety, effective Oct. 1, 2026. DOE says Congress never appropriated money for the program authorized in 2005.
Average hourly demand on the Texas grid for the week ending August 22 was 6% above the previous record set in 2023, according to EIA data. Six straight weeks have topped that mark.