Gas prices are 20 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.738 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up 16 cents from last week at $4.47 and more than one dollar higher than it was a year ago. Crude oil remains high, averaging $100 per barrel amid continued volatility in the Strait of Hormuz. Gas prices are back to what they were earlier this year during the spring, and the national average is inching closer to this year’s record high of $4.56 set on May 21. The all-time high for the national average is $5.01 set on June 14, 2022.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased last week from 8.55 million barrels per day to 8.79 million. Total domestic gasoline supply also increased from 206.9 million to 207.7 million barrels, as well as gasoline production from 9.3 million barrels per day to 9.6 million barrels.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate fell $3.40 to settle at $102.43 a barrel. The EIA reports that U.S. crude oil inventories decreased 0.6 million barrels to 423.4 million barrels, 1% above the five-year average.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $4.738 | $4.537 | $3.418 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$4.601 Altoona
$4.782 Beaver
$4.654 Bradford
$4.642 Brookville
$4.792 Butler
$4.661 Clarion
$4.606 DuBois
$4.748 Erie
$4.770 Greensburg
$4.782 Indiana
$4.796 Jeannette
$4.745 Kittanning
$4.781 Latrobe
$4.789 Meadville
$4.826 Mercer
$4.719 New Castle
$4.736 New Kensington
$4.790 Oil City
$4.761 Pittsburgh
$4.682 Sharon
$4.747 Uniontown
$4.804 Warren
$4.751 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($6.17), Washington ($5.57), Hawaii ($5.53), Nevada ($5.29), Oregon ($5.10), Alaska ($5.06), Michigan ($4.91), Illinois ($4.90), Idaho ($4.86), and Utah ($4.81).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Texas ($3.95), Mississippi ($3.97), Louisiana ($4.00), Alabama ($4.01), Indiana ($4.02), Oklahoma ($4.05), South Carolina ($4.06), Tennessee ($4.07), Arkansas ($4.08), and Georgia ($4.09).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (52 cents), Hawaii (52 cents), Louisiana (47 cents), California (47 cents), Alaska (47 cents), New Hampshire (47 cents), Illinois (45 cents), New Jersey (45 cents), North Dakota (44 cents), and Arkansas (44 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (31 cents), Missouri (33 cents), Iowa (33 cents), Nebraska (34 cents), Maryland (34 cents), South Dakota (35 cents), Utah (35 cents), Vermont (35 cents), Minnesota (37 cents), and Delaware (38 cents).
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