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- 19 Jan
Fuel Prices Increase For Seventh Straight Week
Fuel prices rose again for the seventh straight week, according to the US Energy Information Administration. The US national average retail fuel price of unleaded gasoline rose 1.5 cents to $3.10/gallon, while a gallon of midgrade rose two cents to $3.22, and a gallon of premium rose one cent to $3.34.
The largest fuel price increases were in the Rocky Mountain region, where the average gallon of unleaded gas rose three cents to $2.89/gallon. That region still has the lowest fuel prices in the country, one of only two regions where unleaded remains below $3.00/gallon. The other region below $3.00/gallon is the Gulf Coast, where the average price of unleaded is $2.95.
As for individual states, Colorado had the largest fuel price increase of the week at $.06/gallon for unleaded, with an average price of $2.92/gallon. That’s still the lowest price for unleaded of any state. California again has the highest fuel prices in the country where the average price for a gallon of unleaded is $3.34, up one cent from last week. New York state remains the second highest priced, where a gallon of unleaded is up three cents to $3.33/gallon.
Chicago reported the only local fuel price decrease in the country, where the price of unleaded dropped three cents from $3.31/gallon to $3.28/gallon.
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