Oil companies in the CNMI raised their gas prices anew by another 10 cents over the weekend, with Mobil Oil Marianas taking the lead early Friday morning. <\/p>\n
From $4.52 a gallon for Extra fuel, Mobil Oil Marianas hiked its prices to $ 4.62 a gallon for regular fuel. Mobil also raised its Supreme fuel from $4.85 a gallon to $5.07 while its diesel fuel also went up from $4.58 a gallon to $4.68.<\/p>\n
Shell Marianas followed suit early Saturday morning. <\/p>\n
According to a woman who asked that her name be withheld, life is already hard as it is with the world still battling the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can barely afford our necessities right now like food and rent, and now we have to worry about gas continuously going up? It\u2019s crazy,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
Although she is furloughed, she said that she still needs to drop her children to school and she also does side jobs that require her to drive from point A to point B. <\/p>\n
Another individual, a 25-year-old man who works at a local auto shop, believes the price increase is motivated by greed. \u201cIt\u2019s greed. I don\u2019t know who is being greedy but I believe some kind of offset can be done somewhere in order for gas prices to at least stay the same and not to go up but I believe they\u2019re taking advantage of the fact that fuel is vital and we don\u2019t have a choice but to pay for it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Back in April the fuel adjustment charge rate of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp., which was $0.16578 per kilowatt-hour, increased to $0.17341 per kWh due to increased global fuel prices. This means residential customers who use 500 kWh of power per month now pay approximately $3.82 more in their monthly billing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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