The state has announced a settlement with 27 gas stations in East and Middle Tennessee, including 3 Knoxville Pilot stations, for price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike last September.
Also, according to the press release, the state has filed suit against Knoxville gas retailer Weigel's for alleged gouging violations at seven stores.
Here are the three Knoxville Pilot stations that are subject to the settlement, and, thus, may be forced to give some consumers refunds:
(1) 410 Merchant Dr., Knoxville, TN 37912; (2) 2218 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37916; (3) 314 Lovell Rd., Knoxville, TN 37922
For complete details and the full release, go here.
Update: It seems that Tennessee Democratic Party chair Chip Forrester remembers that handsome Knoxville mayor and Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Haslam is also the son of Pilot founder "Big" Jim Haslam, and a former Pilot exec himself.
From the press release:
TNDP praises Attorney General for protecting consumers from profiteering oil companies like Haslam's Pilot Corp.
Today, Tennessee Attorney General Bob Cooper helped consumers strike back against corporate greed. The Attorney General won a settlement against dozens of gas stations who inflated their prices in the wake of Hurricane Ike. According to the attorney general's press release, the settlement includes $73,447 in potential restitution for consumers who were ripped off at the pump.
The Tennessee Democratic Party has helped bring attention to the price gouging by Pilot Corp. and other gas stations in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Pilot Corp. was caught marking up prices at three gas stations in Knoxville and one in Powell.
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Bill Haslam is the former vice-president of Pilot Corporation, a petroleum corporation founded by his father Jim Haslam and headquarted in Knoxville. Haslam is currently the mayor of Knoxville and also a Republican candidate for Governor.
"In 2010, we will need a Governor who will look out for the Tennesseans who are struggling to keep their jobs and provide for their families," Forrester said. "I just hope that Bill Haslam doesn't treat the voters of Tennessee like his family's company treated drivers in Powell."
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