http://www.courant.com/news/local/statewire/hc-13124618.apds.m0841.bc-ct--hurrsep13,0,5507182.storyHARTFORD, Conn. - Connecticut officials plan to monitor gas prices over the next several days to guard against price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike.
Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she has asked consumer protection officials to watch gas prices, and she asked consumers to report suspected gouging.
She says taking advantage of natural disasters to increase prices is against the law, and that violators will be exposed and prosecuted.
Major refineries closed down as Hurricane Ike roared into Texas and the Gulf of Mexico, a region representing one-fifth of the nation's petroleum refining capacity.
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