Indiana Governor Mike Braun said strikes on shipping in the Black Sea contributed to “unnaturally” high gas prices
Governor Mike Braun has declared a new energy emergency in the US state of Indiana, citing attacks on shipping linked to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Braun said he had signed an executive order extending the suspension of the state’s gasoline use and excise taxes, which had been due to be reinstated on Friday, through September 5.
“This new energy emergency is prompted by new disruptions to global oil shipping lanes in recent weeks, in the Black Sea/Kerch Strait as the Russia-Ukraine conflict has escalated into maritime drone battles and the disruption to the Alberta Oil Sands Region from Canadian wildfires,” the governor’s office said in a statement.
It added that the disruptions had driven fuel prices to “unnatural levels outside the norm of standard economic conditions.”
According to the Indiana Capital Chronicle, Braun first partially suspended gasoline taxes in early April after prices surged due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israeli war against Iran.
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