IRAC stops warnings

The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission recently decided to discontinue giving Islanders a heads up before a fuel or oil price change.
They said giving the public warning of price change isn't fair to business owners, who may lose business when people fill up on gas before the price increases the next day.
The only people who will know about the change are industry retailers and distributers. One Ultramar owner, Guy Cudmore, doesn't think the change will affect his business at all.
"It doesn't bother me much. Our busy time is from four to 10, and I don't think that will change."
Even though they won't get warnings from IRAC, people will still know that the price will change ahead of time, he said.
"People will know by word of mouth. It won't be any different."
Cudmore said although he hasn't gotten many complaints from consumers, he knows people aren't happy and Premier Robert Ghiz will probably end up putting things back to the way they were.
Ghiz was just as surprised about the change as everybody else.
In a release he said he found out the same way the public did-by listening to the news, and he has no input on changes IRAC may make.
Paula Sinnott, a Morell resident and single mother of one, said the price change doesn't really affect her because it will soon change again anyway.
Even when Islanders were warned about gas prices increasing the next day, she never bothered to rush to fill up her tank.
"I just get gas when I need it. By the time I need it again, the price drops again anyway so it doesn't really matter.”