AAA: Pump Prices Slightly Higher in Western Pennsylvania

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

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 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Hawaii (55 cents), Alaska (47 cents), West Virginia (47 cents), Montana (44 cents), South Carolina (43 cents), Tennessee (42 cents), Idaho (41 cents), Kentucky (41 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), 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.

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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