The Higgs government has introduced legislation to change how the Energy and Utilities Board sets maximum fuel prices to avoid some of the eye-popping price spikes seen in recent months.
Gasoline producers and retailers in New Brunswick will gain the ability to try to convince regulators to let them pass on the costs of federal emissions-reduction policies to consumers.
A dramatic order by the New Brunswick government for the Energy and Utilities Board to produce "in rapid fashion" a report on "how to mitigate the impact on consumers of high petroleum prices," remains stalled at the starting line after more than a month and may not proceed.
The price of gasoline and diesel in Nova Scotia have fallen by just over 10 cents per litre after the Utility and Review Board used the interrupter clause Wednesday evening.