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Gasoline Pricing
A common consumer complaint is that gasoline prices are too high.
There is no state law restricting the amount of profit a retailer can make from the sale of gasoline or any other retail product. Generally, a retailer can charge any price above the wholesale cost for the product.
However, if a natural or manmade emergency occurs, the state’s “price gouging” law may come into effect. If the governor declares an emergency, then sellers of “necessities” such as food, gasoline, medicine, clothing, heat, and power cannot charge an “unconscionable price.”[i]
Maine law also requires gas stations to display the price of gasoline.[ii]