WITH THE COMMONWEALTH UNDER A CONTINUED STATE OF EMERGENCY DUE TO RECENT WINTER STORMS….ATTORNEY GENERAL RUSSELL COLEMAN IS
REMINDING KENTUCKIANS THE “PRICE GOUGING HOTLINE” REMAINS OPEN….
74 REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED…..BOTH ONLINE AND THROUGH CALLING THE HOT LINE….. THE MAJORITY OF THE COMPLAINTS ARE FUEL-RELATED…..
INCLUDING GASOLINE, KEROSENE AND PROPANE…..
TO REPORT SUSPECT PRICE GOUGING ON THE HOTLINE CALL…..EIGHT-EIGHT-EIGHT-FOUR-THREE-TWO-92-57……AND PROVIDE AS MUCH DETAIL AS POSSIBLE
ABOUT THE SUSPECTED PRICE GOUGING……AND CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CONSUMER…..
KENTUCKY LAW DEFINES PRICE GOUGING AS A GROSSLY EXCESSIVE CHARGE……MORE THAN 10-PERCENT ABOVE THE PRICE PRIOR TO THE EMERGENCY
DECLARATION…..THAT IS NOT RELATED TO HIGHER COSTS TO THE SELLER…..
