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Witness explains how cross‑border supply and tariff threats can raise Vermont fuel prices
Summary
An industry witness told the transportation committee that tariff threats and the state's reliance on Canadian refineries and rail deliveries can push up wholesale and retail fuel prices, with disproportionate effects in northern Vermont.
At a March 13 meeting of the Vermont House Transportation Committee, industry witness Matt Coda outlined how fuel supply routes and the threat of tariffs could increase wholesale and retail prices for gasoline and diesel in Vermont, especially in the northern part of the state.
“For the Northeast part of the state,” Matt Coda said, “tariffs are bad from our perspective because they will increase costs, and it will disproportionately affect people in the Northern part of the state.” Coda testified for the Vermont Retail Grocers Association Motor Fuels Division and the Vermont Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association and detailed how roughly one‑third of…
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