30 major fuel retailers under investigation for price gouging in Indiana

By: Mackenzi Klemann

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: May 21, 2026

Words: 374

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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The Indiana attorney general’s office is formally investigating 30 major fuel retailers following consumer complaints of suspected price gouging since Gov. Mike Braun declared an energy emergency in April.

The energy emergency temporarily suspended Indiana’s 7% gasoline sales tax and, more recently, the 36-cents-a-gallon excise tax on gasoline through June 7.

But it also ordered the attorney general’s office to monitor price fluctuations at Hoosier gas stations to guarantee those savings are passed on …

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