Staff report
As of July 1, gasoline service stations in Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties may now sell conventional gasoline instead of the more-costly Reformulated Gasoline (“RFG”).
The price reductions are beginning to be seen at the pump.
A spot check of gas prices on July 10 showed these results:
Myriad forces impact the price of gasoline, but the potential savings for the region could exceed $40 million dollars, as the non-RFG gasoline is fully implemented in gas stations across the three counties.
Northern Kentucky business leaders from the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce worked for several years to accomplish the change.
Businessmen Steve Harper and Phil Schworer and state and local officials led by State Representative Diane St. Onge (63rd District) and Boone County Judge-Executive Gary Moore led the repeal effort.
Northern Kentucky had been required to use reformulated gasoline (RFG) since 1995 after the Commonwealth voluntarily opted into the federal RFG program to meet Clean Air Act requirements.
Due to improvements in gasoline, cleaner operating cars, and other environmental advancements, higher-priced reformulated gas is no longer needed for Northern Kentucky to achieve its environmental goals, the Chamber argued.
To check prices of stations close to you go to GasBuddy.com.
Here are photos of gasoline prices at Kroger on Mall Road, as examples:
