Gas prices are two pennies higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.620 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
As spring break travel winds down, gas prices are following suit across much of the country. Today’s average price for gasoline is $3.15, which is three cents lower than a week ago and three cents more than a month ago. The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station stayed the same this past week at 34 cents.
Softer demand is fueling this downward trend, and with crude as low as it’s been in a few years, drivers could continue to see lower pump prices as summer approaches.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased slightly from 8.42 b/d last week to 8.46 b/d. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 236.0 million barrels to 234.0. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate rose $1.14 to settle at $62.47 a barrel. The EIA reports that crude oil inventories increased by 0.5 million barrels from the previous week. At 442.9 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6% below the five-year average for this time of year.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $3.620 | $3.601 | $3.852 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$3.497 Altoona
$3.686 Beaver
$3.579 Bradford
$3.605 Brookville
$3.676 Butler
$3.464 Clarion
$3.509 DuBois
$3.586 Erie
$3.634 Greensburg
$3.664 Indiana
$3.658 Jeannette
$3.648 Kittanning
$3.618 Latrobe
$3.682 Meadville
$3.669 Mercer
$3.550 New Castle
$3.640 New Kensington
$3.699 Oil City
$3.628 Pittsburgh
$3.588 Sharon
$3.657 Uniontown
$3.699 Warren
$3.641 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.84), Hawaii ($4.50), Washington ($4.31), Oregon ($3.94), Nevada ($3.89), Alaska ($3.63), Illinois ($3.37), Pennsylvania ($3.34), Arizona ($3.34), and Idaho ($3.30).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.68), Tennessee ($2.70), Texas ($2.70), Oklahoma ($2.71), South Carolina ($2.72), Louisiana ($2.75), Kentucky ($2.76), Alabama ($2.76), Arkansas ($2.77), and Missouri ($2.83).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (22 cents), Missouri (25 cents), Iowa (26 cents), North Dakota (26 cents), Delaware (28 cents), Nebraska (28 cents), Utah (29 cents), Texas (30 cents), Maryland (30 cents), and Vermont (31 cents).
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.
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