Clean fuel charges paid by motorists on gasoline overtook New Brunswick’s gas tax in size for the first time during the spring and summer, as costs of the federal policy to New Brunswick consumers surged well beyond original projections.
Federal environmental policy costs overtook gas taxes as an expense for motorists
Robert Jones · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 16, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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New Brunswick drivers coped with high fuel prices for most of the spring and summer that were made worse by soaring clean fuel charges. (Kirk Fraser/CBC)
Clean fuel charges paid by motorists on gasoline overtook New Brunswick’s gas tax in size for the first time during the spring and summer, as costs of the federal policy to New Brunswick consumers surged well beyond original projections.
According to records posted by New Brunswick’s Energy and Utilities Board, amounts approved to be levied at the pump on consumers in New Brunswick to compensate oil companies for the cost of “clean fuel regulations” averaged more than 12 cents per litre for gasoline over the entire summer driving season from June through September.
New Brunswick’s provincial gasoline tax is currently 10.87 cents per litre.
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