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.