AAA: Gas Prices Fall in PA Ahead of July 4th Holiday

Gas prices are four cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.556 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

Nationwide Trends:
Gas prices have fallen four cents over the past week to $3.18 as the price of crude oil has stabilized. Crude prices temporarily spiked last week after U.S.airstrikes against Iran but those increases quickly dissipated, and as of this morning, oil prices are back to what they were pre-conflict. With the Independence Day holiday approaching and 61.6 million holiday travelers are preparing to hit the road, gas prices are 31 cents cheaper than this time last year.

According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased from 9.29 million barrels per day last week to 9.68. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 230 million barrels to 227.9. Gasoline production remained flat last week, averaging 10.1 million barrels per day.

At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate was up 55 cents to settle at $64.92 a barrel. The EIA reports that crude oil inventories decreased by 5.8 million barrels from the previous week. At 415.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 11% below the five-year average for this time of year.

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

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

$3.599      Altoona
$3.627      Beaver
$3.632      Bradford
$3.407      Brookville
$3.608      Butler
$3.559      Clarion
$3.403      DuBois
$3.594      Erie
$3.411      Greensburg
$3.562      Indiana
$3.526      Jeannette
$3.650      Kittanning
$3.255      Latrobe
$3.631      Meadville
$3.663      Mercer
$3.473      New Castle
$3.578      New Kensington
$3.597      Oil City
$3.568      Pittsburgh
$3.570      Sharon
$3.657      Uniontown
$3.661      Warren
$3.561      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 ($4.06), Nevada ($3.81), Alaska ($3.74), Illinois ($3.49), Idaho ($3.43), Pennsylvania ($3.39), and Utah ($3.37).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.73), Oklahoma ($2.81), Texas ($2.82), Tennessee ($2.82), Louisiana ($2.82), Arkansas ($2.83), Alabama ($2.84), Missouri ($2.85), South Carolina ($2.91), and Kansas ($2.91).

Electric

The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (51 cents), Alaska (51 cents), Tennessee (47 cents), Montana (46 cents), Hawaii (45 cents), North Dakota (42 cents), New Hampshire (42 cents), Kentucky (42 cents), South Carolina (42 cents), and Louisiana (42 cents).

The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (26 cents), Missouri (27 cents), Maryland (27 cents), Nebraska (30 cents), Delaware (30 cents), Utah (30 cents), Iowa (32 cents), Washington DC (32 cents), Colorado (33 cents), and North Carolina (33 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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