Potential Effects of Proposed Price Gouging Legislation
on the Cost and Severity of Supply Interruptions

American Council for Capital Formation
April 10, 2007

The Honorable Charles Stenholm (D-TX), former Member of Congress, and the Honorable Bill Archer (R-TX), former Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means, unveiled an ACCF study demonstrating the economic impact of potential price gouging legislation on energy consumers and suppliers at a briefing on Capitol Hill on April 10, 2007. The ACCF study reviews past efforts to control gasoline prices during periods of supply curtailment and evaluates the impact current legislative proposals would have on consumers and industry from an economic perspective.

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on the Cost and Severity of Supply Interruptions.