By
Rick Edwards · 07:07 PM · August 31, 2005 ·
There is "credible evidence" of gas price gouging, as heavy lines are reportedly forming for purchasing gasoline, alleges the governor of Georgia:
Lines at Atlanta area gas pumps grew along with prices this afternoon as word spread of possible fuel shortages.
By noon today, several metro Atlanta gas stations had posted prices above $3.15 per gallon. Some metro area stations were charging as much as $4.75 a gallon, according to a Web site that keeps track of such things, www.atlantagasprices.com.
Prices were rising so fast in some areas that signs at gas stations no longer matched what was being charged at the pumps.
Declaring that there's "credible evidence" of price-gouging at the gas pumps, Gov. Sonny Perdue late Wednesday signed an executive order threatening to impose heavy fines on gasoline retailers who overcharge Georgia drivers.
"When you prey upon the fears and the paranoia, it is akin to looting, and it is abominable," Perdue said at a hastily called, 6 p.m. press conference.
The anti-gouging law does not prevent retailers from selling gas at higher rates but bars them from charging what the governor called "unreasonable or egregious" prices. It was last used after Hurricane Ivan hit Georgia.
Perdue also urged motorists to limit Labor Day vacation travel if possible. "There is no reason to panic. There is plenty of gas on the way. The only way we would have problems is if people rush out and try to horde and try to accumulate gasoline they won't need for a while," the governor said today.
Jim Tudor, president of the Georgia Association of Convenience Stores, said panicky drivers are the problem now.
"Atlanta's not out of gas," Tudor said. He said there may be outages at some gas stations, "but it wasn't because there wasn't gas available. It was because there was a run on these stores."
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