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                                <div class="subscriber-preview"><p>HICKORY – Despite best laid plans, North Carolina has experienced gasoline shortages from time to time.</p></div><div class="subscriber-preview"><p>Catawba County Utilities and Engineering Director Barry Edwards can specifically recall the gasoline shortage in the 1970s.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>“I can remember as a young man when the gas shortage occurred in the ‘70s – you were lucky if you could get a gallon of gas,” he said. “You would sit in line to get to the tank, and they would only give you one or two gallons.”</p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_top" class="tncms-region hidden-print"></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>Edwards’ only trips were commuting to and from his job.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>“You were literally hoping that you wouldn’t run out of gas traveling from home to work,” he said.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>North Carolina residents may also recall the gasoline shortage in 2016 when the Colonial Pipeline sprung a leak.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>In a September 2016 edition of the Hickory Daily Record, Roy Cooper, then-N.C. Attorney General, put the state’s price gouging law into effect in response to reports of “unreasonably high” gas prices.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>Prices on the rise</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>The Colonial Pipeline, which carries vast amounts of gasoline and other refined fuels between the Houston region and eastern states, was shut down this week after Hurricane Harvey forced the closure of refineries and some of the pipeline’s own facilities, according to a press release from Gov. Cooper’s office.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>At least one-third of Texas’ oil refineries have been closed, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Many are now concerned the development will cause a rise in gas prices.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>Toward the end of the work week, North Carolina’s average gas price per gallon was $2.491, and Catawba County’s average gas price per gallon was $2.493.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>Last year at this time, North Carolina’s average gas prices were 38.9 cents lower ($2.102), according to North Carolina Fuel Insights by GasBuddy.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>To check gas prices by state and county, visit <a href="http://www.fuelinsights.gasbuddy.com">www.fuelinsights.gasbuddy.com</a>.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>In anticipation of gasoline shortages caused by Hurricane Harvey, Cooper issued an executive order Thursday to help maintain gasoline supplies for the state.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>“Hurricane Harvey’s damage to refineries in Texas and Louisiana could ripple throughout the southeast, causing gasoline shortages and rising prices,” Cooper said via the release. “I’m taking action to make it easier to get gasoline into our state so North Carolinians who need gas can get it.”</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>North Carolina Executive Order No. 19 declares a state of emergency to temporarily waive the cap on maximum hours of service restrictions for fuel vehicles traveling in and through North Carolina.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>The order will help gasoline move in and through North Carolina more easily and quickly in response to delivery problems caused by Hurricane Harvey, according to the release.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>Cooper also signed Executive Order No. 18, declaring an abnormal market disruption for gasoline in North Carolina based on the temporary shutdown, caused by Hurricane Harvey, of Texas and Louisiana fuel refineries.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>As a result, North Carolina’s price gouging law against overcharging in a time of crisis is now in effect statewide for the next 45 days.</p></div><div class="subscriber-only"><p>A shift of focus</p></div><div id="tncms-region-article_instory_middle" class="tncms-region hidden-print"><div id="tncms-block-531790" class="tncms-block"><div class="tnt-ads-container text-center  " >
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