Concerns about record-high gasoline prices prompted new calls Wednesday for anti-gouging laws in Colorado, which has no laws or regulatory authority to address price-gouging of gasoline or other commodities.
House Speaker Andrew Romanoff, D-Denver, who last week expressed concern about gouging, said he is “considering” introducing a bill in next year’s legislature to outlaw the practice.
The Colorado attorney general’s office has found no evidence of gouging, but Attorney General John Suthers would support an anti-gouging law, said spokesman Jason Dunn.
Gov. Bill Owens would discuss a possible bill with legislative leadership if price-gouging is found to have occurred, Owens spokesman Dan Hopkins said.
Colorado’s average price for self-service regular climbed to a record $3.07 a gallon Wednesday, even though crude-oil prices and gasoline-futures prices have been dropping for several days.
