Gas prices are five cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.418 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Nationwide Trends:
The national average for a gallon of regular went up a penny over the past week to $3.18. While regional averages have been relatively stable in the Plains and the South, Pacific Northwest motorists, who already pay some of the highest gas prices in the country, saw their state averages surge this past week. A pipeline outage caused a spike in fuel prices in Oregon and Washington. Today’s national average is five cents more than a month ago but three cents less than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased from 8.50 million barrels per day last week to 8.81 million. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 220 million barrels to 217.6 million. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate fell 47 cents to settle at $64.05 a barrel. The EIA reports crude oil inventories decreased by 9.3 million barrels from the previous week. At 415.4 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 5% 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 |
| $3.418 | $3.460 | $3.502 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$3.378 Altoona
$3.570 Beaver
$3.587 Bradford
$3.066 Brookville
$3.500 Butler
$3.050 Clarion
$3.283 DuBois
$3.352 Erie
$3.332 Greensburg
$3.418 Indiana
$3.465 Jeannette
$3.486 Kittanning
$3.279 Latrobe
$3.363 Meadville
$3.524 Mercer
$3.441 New Castle
$3.473 New Kensington
$3.557 Oil City
$3.464 Pittsburgh
$3.393 Sharon
$3.538 Uniontown
$3.599 Warren
$3.497 Washington
Quick Gas and Electricity Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.65), Washington ($4.64), Hawaii ($4.48), Oregon ($4.26), Nevada ($3.92), Alaska ($3.91), Arizona ($3.59), Idaho ($3.53), Illinois ($3.42), and Utah ($3.39).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.71), Oklahoma ($2.74), Louisiana ($2.76), Texas ($2.78), Tennessee ($2.80), Alabama ($2.80), Arkansas ($2.81), South Carolina ($2.82), North Carolina ($2.88), and Missouri ($2.88).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Alaska (51 cents), West Virginia (47 cents), Hawaii (46 cents), South Carolina (45 cents), New Hampshire (43 cents), Alabama (43 cents), Tennessee (43 cents), Arkansas (42 cents), Montana (42 cents), and Wisconsin (42 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (25 cents), Maryland (27 cents), Missouri (27 cents), Nebraska (28 cents), Utah (29 cents), Delaware (31 cents), Vermont (32 cents), North Carolina (32 cents), Colorado (33 cents), and Iowa (34 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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