Trade: business practices; excessively increased pricing for energy products and services during a market disruption; prohibit. Creates new act.

This bill, known as the Energy Pricing Protection Act, prohibits businesses from charging excessively high prices for gasoline, propane, and home heating oil during market disruptions. It defines a market disruption as events like natural disasters, supply shortages, or emergencies, and sets a 10% price increase threshold that sellers must justify with proof of higher costs or prior discounts. The law empowers state and local prosecutors to investigate violations by issuing demands for documents and testimony, with penalties for non-compliance.