AAA: Gas Prices Dip in Western Pennsylvania

Gas prices are two cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.495 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Nationwide Trends:
Gas prices are creeping back up just in time for the busy summer driving season. The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up 4 cents from last week to $3.17, as the price of crude oil rises and demand increases. Typically, the seasonal increase in gas prices starts earlier in the spring, but lower crude oil prices so far this year have kept that from happening. Despite the recent upward trend, drivers are paying about 40 cents less compared to last year, which is good news for the record 39.4 million Americans expected to take road trips over Memorial Day weekend.

According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased from 8.71 million barrels per day last week to 8.79. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 225.7 million barrels to 224.7. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day.

At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate fell 52 cents to settle at $63.15 a barrel. According to the EIA, crude oil inventories increased by 4 million barrels from the previous week. At 441.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6% 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 unchanged this past week at 36 cents.

Western Pennsylvania Averages

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

$3.392      Altoona
$3.599      Beaver
$3.594      Bradford
$3.420      Brookville
$3.487      Butler
$3.430      Clarion
$3.351      DuBois
$3.351      Erie
$3.471      Greensburg
$3.489      Indiana
$3.375      Jeannette
$3.643      Kittanning
$3.411      Latrobe
$3.584      Meadville
$3.540      Mercer
$3.429      New Castle
$3.481      New Kensington
$3.599      Oil City
$3.521      Pittsburgh
$3.466      Sharon
$3.571      Uniontown
$3.697      Warren
$3.483      Washington
 

Quick Gas and Electricity Stats

Gas

The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.92), Hawaii ($4.49), Washington ($4.33), Nevada ($3.96), Oregon ($3.95), Alaska ($3.60), Illinois ($3.39), Arizona ($3.38), Utah ($3.30), and Idaho ($3.29).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.66), Tennessee ($2.71), Louisiana ($2.73), Alabama ($2.76), Texas ($2.80), South Carolina ($2.81), Arkansas ($2.81), Oklahoma ($2.82), Kansas ($2.85), and Missouri ($2.86).

Electric

The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (50 cents), Tennessee (48 cents), Alaska (47 cents), Montana (45 cents), Louisiana (44 cents), Hawaii (43 cents), South Carolina (43 cents), Idaho (41 cents), Arkansas (41 cents), and Kentucky (40 cents).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (23 cents), Delaware (24 cents), Missouri (25 cents), Nebraska (27 cents), Maryland (27 cents), Iowa (29 cents), Utah (29 cents), Texas (30 cents), Vermont (31 cents), and Washington (31 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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