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In a point-by-point dismantling of Irving Oil’s request for interim price increases, public intervener Heather Black said, ‘The applicant bears the burden of proof here and the applicant has not satisfied this burden.’ (CBC News file photo) Irving Oil’s effort to win an immediate increase in petroleum wholesale margins hit a wall of opposition in front of the Energy and Utilities Board Friday, with public intervener Heather Black joining a collection of community and union groups in opposing the application. "In my view, the applicant’s motion should be denied," Black said in a point-by-point dismantling of the company’s request for "interim" price increases. "The applicant bears the burden of proof here and the applicant has not satisfied this burden." Irving Oil’s marketing and commercial divisions have applied for an increase of 62.8 per cent (4.09 cents per litre) in the allowed wholesale margin for motor fuels, including diesel and gasoline, and a 54.9 per cent (3.02 cents per litre) increase in the margin for furnace oil. On Friday it was also asking that prior to a full hearing on that request scheduled for April, 85 per cent of the increase on motor fuels (3.5 cents) and 99 per cent […]
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