That's early and unusual. And things could get worse. All of which is not news to gas station workers, who know prices jump as spring becomes summer. It's the same gas. It's just supply and demand.
Customers are pretty civil about it.
They know we're not setting the prices. Hogan said gas prices are hyper-sensitive to news, reacting quickly to any possibility of disruptions in gas production or distribution. In California, production output very closely mirrors demand. So if there's news from the Middle East or about local production facilities, we see prices react almost immediately. This market is tight.