AAA: Slight Break at the Pump in Western Pennsylvania

Gas prices are three cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.601 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Nationwide Trends:
Prices at the pump are seven cents lower this week at $3.18, even though this is the time of year when gas prices usually start rising. Supply, demand, and lower crude oil prices are the main reasons for the dip. After OPEC+ announced it’s increasing oil production next month by more than 400,000 barrels a day – much more than expected – the price of crude oil has been falling. Today’s national average is ten cents higher than a month ago but 45 cents less than a year ago.

According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand decreased from 8.49 barrels per day last week to 8.42. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 237.6 million barrels to 236.0. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 8.9 million barrels per day.

At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate rose $2.77 to settle at $62.35 a barrel. The EIA reports that crude oil inventories increased by 2.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 442.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 5% below the five-year average for this time of year.

The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station remained at 34 cents this past week.

Western Pennsylvania Averages

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:      

$3.597      Altoona
$3.691      Beaver
$3.584      Bradford
$3.501      Brookville
$3.634      Butler
$3.466      Clarion
$3.480      DuBois
$3.474      Erie
$3.608      Greensburg
$3.647      Indiana
$3.592      Jeannette
$3.643      Kittanning
$3.605      Latrobe
$3.689      Meadville
$3.679      Mercer
$3.542      New Castle
$3.505      New Kensington
$3.699      Oil City
$3.614      Pittsburgh
$3.561      Sharon
$3.678      Uniontown
$3.699      Warren
$3.644      Washington
 

Quick Gas and Electricity Stats

Gas

The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.92), Hawaii ($4.52), Washington ($4.38), Oregon ($4.00), Nevada ($3.97), Alaska ($3.65), Illinois ($3.46), Arizona ($3.39), Pennsylvania ($3.38), and Idaho ($3.35).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.73), Tennessee ($2.75), Oklahoma ($2.77), Louisiana ($2.81), South Carolina ($2.81), Texas ($2.82), Kentucky ($2.84), Alabama ($2.84), Arkansas ($2.84), and Kansas ($2.87).

Electric

The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Hawaii (56 cents), West Virginia (47 cents), Montana (45 cents), South Carolina (43 cents), Tennessee (42 cents), Idaho (41 cents), Kentucky (41 cents), Alaska (40 cents), Louisiana (40 cents), and New Hampshire (40 cents).

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), Nebraska (27 cents), Delaware (27 cents), South Dakota (28 cents), Utah (29 cents), Texas (29 cents), and Maryland (30 cents).

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 69 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members. News releases are available at news.eastcentral.aaa.com. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

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