Chicago—(ENEWSPF)—August 24, 2015. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Mayor Rahm Emanuel today sent a letter to the Illinois Petroleum Council and its member oil companies demanding an explanation for the recent gas price spike that is impacting hard-working Illinoisans and Chicago residents in particular. A copy of their joint letter is attached.
The skyrocketing gas prices were allegedly caused by a major outage at BP’s refinery in Whiting, Indiana on August 8. BP has stated that gas prices will lower when the largest of its three crude distillation units is repaired, but the . . .
