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Committee hears CEC request to make petroleum market‑oversight positions permanent as refineries close
Summary
CEC and the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight asked lawmakers for staff to continue monitoring refinery closures, imports and resupply planning; lawmakers and LAO pressed for justification and asked whether existing hires can be repurposed.
Alicia Gutierrez, director of the Energy Assessments Division at the California Energy Commission, and Varshaa Servaisor, deputy director for policy in the Division of Petroleum Market Oversight, presented a BCP package asking for roughly $1.7 million for seven CEC positions to implement ABX2‑1 responsibilities and an additional $473,000 to convert a limited‑term DPMO research/data specialist role into permanent status. The presenters said closures of in‑state refineries and volatility in…
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