Blue state regulators could hike price at pump just days after election, GOP lawmakers warn [Video]

Californians already paying the highest gas prices in the country could have another tax hike headed their way, if proposed changes to the state’s low carbon fuel standard are adopted.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) — which consists of board members appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrat-controlled legislature — is scheduled to vote just days after the election on a new proposal that would lower carbon emissions faster, but increase the cost of petroleum refineries. CARB has the authority to impose regulations without legislative oversight.

Twenty-five Republicans are sounding the alarm and urging the board to delay the vote after an independent finding showed it could increase the cost at the pump per gallon by 47 cents. 

CALIFORNIA’S ‘SECRET’ 50-CENT GAS TAX HIKE COMING IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS

“It’s a big, big deal, and so people deserve to know and have full transparency by these boards, what it is that they’re doing and the …