Pain at the Pump: Gas Prices Rising Here, Statewide
Household budget feeling tighter in recent weeks? Higher gas prices might be to blame.
Gas prices in your neighborhood are ticking up.
The current average price of a gallon of gas in Pennsylvania is $3.889 and rising, up from $3.669 a month ago.
See the chart below to see the trend line:
| Pennsylvania | USA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 3.889 | 3.841 | |
| Yesterday | 3.880 | 3.840 | |
| One Week Ago | 3.794 | 3.806 | |
| One Month Ago | 3.669 | 3.678 | |
| One Year Ago | 3.635 | 3.661 | |
| * Average Regular Gas Prices - Updated: 7:35 a.m. Tuesday. Source: Gasbuddy.com | |||
Locally, here's where to find the best deal:
$3.78 Sam's Club 3925 Welsh Rd (PA-63)
$3.85 Hess at Easton Rd (PA-611) & Blair Mill Rd
$3.85 Lukoil 3401 W Moreland Rd (PA-63)
Despite the rise, analyst Patrick DeHaan of GasBuddy.com—the parent company of PennsylvaniaGasPrices.com—thinks prices will drop soon.
"Even with Isaac long gone, the oil industry is still bringing capacity back online- at refineries and oil rigs, which is keeping pressure on prices," DeHaan said in a press release. "Supply remains tight across the country as we slowly approach the transition to winter-spec gasoline, but I continue to be firm in believing that the national average will start to decline towards the end of September, as is typically the case.”
Roman Gabriel
4:21 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Thank you President Obama for all you have done to keep fuel prices down. Oh, you haven't done anything to keep fuel prices down ? Your war on fossil fuels sure is helping the economy. America is getting killed thanks to our Muslim president. Great job Mr President, YOU SUCK . . . .