Gas prices are 11 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.540 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
As Americans settle into their fall routines, there has been very little movement at the pump nationally over the past week. Today’s average is $3.19 – the same as last week. Gas prices have been fairly stable for the last couple of months with only one significant increase at the end of last month. A seven-cent jump at the end of August was due to a storm that caused flooding at the Midwest’s largest refinery, the BP Whiting Refinery in Indiana. After the refinery came back online in just a few days, gas prices stabilized. Today’s national average is four cents more than a month ago, but eight cents less than a year ago.
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station stayed the same this past week at 36 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $3.540 | $3.439 | $3.575 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$3.468 Altoona
$3.699 Beaver
$3.573 Bradford
$3.136 Brookville
$3.637 Butler
$3.093 Clarion
$3.420 DuBois
$3.544 Erie
$3.594 Greensburg
$3.666 Indiana
$3.681 Jeannette
$3.579 Kittanning
$3.452 Latrobe
$3.581 Meadville
$3.546 Mercer
$3.535 New Castle
$3.618 New Kensington
$3.599 Oil City
$3.612 Pittsburgh
$3.499 Sharon
$3.649 Uniontown
$3.599 Warren
$3.634 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.62), Hawaii ($4.47), Washington ($4.45), Oregon ($4.07), Nevada ($3.86), Alaska ($3.78), Arizona ($3.51), Idaho ($3.47), Illinois ($3.46), and Pennsylvania ($3.38).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.72), Texas ($2.75), Oklahoma ($2.75), Louisiana ($2.79), Alabama ($2.83), Arkansas ($2.83), Iowa ($2.85), South Carolina ($2.84), Tennessee ($2.84), and North Caroline ($2.87).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Alaska (52 cents), West Virginia (48 cents), Hawaii (46 cents), South Carolina (45 cents), New Hampshire (43 cents), Montana (43 cents), Kentucky (43 cents), Idaho (43 cents), Alabama (43 cents), and Arkansas (43 cents)
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (25 cents), Maryland (27 cents), Missouri (28 cents), Nebraska (29 cents), Utah (29 cents), Delaware (32 cents), North Carolina (33 cents), New York (36 cents), and Pennsylvania (37 cents).
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.
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