California’s Energy Commission Halts Penalties on Oil Profits Amid Supply Concerns

In a move that starkly reveals California’s ongoing battle between environmental rhetoric and energy realities, the California Energy Commission has postponed until 2030 any enforcement of penalties on oil companies for excessive profits. This decision, framed as a temporary concession to supply challenges, deserves scrutiny from every American who values economic sovereignty and realistic energy policy. Just two years after Governor Gavin Newsom proudly declared that California had “finally beat big oil,” the state finds itself backtracking amid refinery closures threatening nearly one-fifth of its refining capacity. The commission’s authority to impose penalties was never a mandate—now it appears more...