When are fuel prices going to start to drop

The availability of high-mileage cars in new car showrooms will lead to higher gas prices. Wait and see.
Here in SoCal, our local water company was preaching "Save Water - Conserve" for months because of a water shortage. So people did as requested. Now the very same local water company wants to raise rates citing the reason as "reduced profits from a drop in water consumption".
And the consumer is supposed to win how?