Gas prices are a penny cheaper in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.369 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
Gas prices fluctuated slightly this past week with the national average for a gallon of regular going down by two cents to $3.13. Crude oil prices are hanging in the mid $60s per barrel, keeping pump prices steady. Supply remains abundant, as OPEC + – a group of oil producing countries – recently announced it will be boosting production again next month, following several other increases this year. Today’s national average is four cents less than a month ago and 31 cents less than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand decreased from 9.15 million barrels per day last week to 9.04. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 228.4 million barrels to 227.1. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.8 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate fell 81 cents to settle at $64.35 a barrel. The EIA reports crude oil inventories decreased by 3 million barrels from the previous week. At 423.7 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 stayed the same this past week at 36 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $3.369 | $3.374 | $3.759 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$3.370 Altoona
$3.412 Beaver
$3.593 Bradford
$3.061 Brookville
$3.373 Butler
$3.110 Clarion
$3.225 DuBois
$3.355 Erie
$3.325 Greensburg
$3.399 Indiana
$3.367 Jeannette
$3.501 Kittanning
$3.243 Latrobe
$3.384 Meadville
$3.581 Mercer
$3.320 New Castle
$3.362 New Kensington
$3.396 Oil City
$3.379 Pittsburgh
$3.389 Sharon
$3.386 Uniontown
$3.596 Warren
$3.353 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.49), Hawaii ($4.46), Washington ($4.40), Oregon ($3.98), Alaska ($3.76), Nevada ($3.74), Idaho ($3.54), Illinois ($3.41), Utah ($3.38), and Washington, DC ($3.32).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.71), Texas ($2.75), Oklahoma ($2.76), Louisiana ($2.78), Tennessee ($2.80), Alabama ($2.80), Arkansas ($2.81), South Carolina ($2.83), Kansas ($2.86), and Missouri ($2.86).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (52 cents), Alaska (51 cents), Tennessee (46 cents), Hawaii (46 cents), South Carolina (44 cents), Montana (43 cents), New Hampshire (43 cents), Alabama (43 cents), Arkansas (42 cents), and Louisiana (42 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (25 cents), Missouri (27 cents), Maryland (28 cents), Utah (28 cents), Nebraska (29 cents), Delaware (32 cents), North Carolina (33 cents), Vermont (33 cents), Colorado (33 cents), and Washington, DC (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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