Regional gas prices dip for second week in a row
Gasoline prices have dipped in Western Pennsylvania for a second consecutive week. The average price of a gallon of unleaded self-serve is $3.105, a 1.3-cent decline, according to a report Monday from AAA East Central.
That figure is 31 cents higher than it was a year ago, at $2.795.
Washington’s price dropped, but only marginally from $3.080 to $3.063. That is still about as half-cent cheaper then the regional average. The average price nationally is $2.88, a 3-cent increase.
Prices across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region fluctuated between small increases and small declines. (Pennsylvania’s average remained the same.) Gasoline inventories increased by 1.6 million barrels to 67.4 million barrels, a regional high for this year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Washington’s price is the seventh-lowest average among 22 Western Pennsylvania cities and towns listed by AAA. Uniontown ($3.069) is eighth.
New Castle ($3.027) has the lowest average, despite a 1.3-cent increase over the week. Kittanning ($3.191) has the highest.