Why do my utility companies charge me a bunch of extra fees on top of?
Take a close look at the billing breakdown. You will notice many additional fees that are mandated by different government agencies are listed. The same situation applies to the price of gasoline at the pump. The price of crude oil may fluctuate gas prices, but government added fees keeps the cost per gallon higher than the actual influences of the oil market. That is way people in the State of California with oil fields, refineries, and a supply network pay higher per gallon prices for gasoline than those folks living in the State of Maine which has no oil based infrastructure.