“States that may continue to see tighter supply and higher gas prices include Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia”, AAA reported.
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Smith said it often forces stations to let their supplies run out.
Gas shortages always seem to spur talk of the need for more fuel efficient vehicles.
Woodstock residents noticed a RaceTrac that was listed gas prices at $9.99 per gallon over the weekend, but the company has since said that was their policy when their service stations runs out of fuel.
“People should be aware the more they rush out in a panic, the higher prices will go up; motorists have complete control over this”, says DeHaan.
“I’m from California, and gas there is outrageous”, driver Frances Jefferson said.
In Lexington, the average is up 14 cents from last week, but it is 13 cents lower than this time previous year.
Reports from the Southeast, includingTennessee are conflicting, some say gas supplies are running low, while others say there is enough gas to meet demand.
Days after Gov. Terry McAuliffe signed a state of emergency to prevent potential gas shortages in the commonwealth, transportation officials are reporting spotty outages throughout the region.
Quik Trip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh says they are looking for alternative fuel supplies while the pipeline is being repaired.
Since the leak was discovered, Colonial has been scrambling to restore its pipeline and to build a bypass to get fuel around the leak, according to the company.
When Jones finally stopped for gas, he said he paid $47 to fill up his 2016 Nissan Maxima with premium fuel.
On Sept. 14, Haley issued her first executive order related to the pipeline issues, waiving hours of service requirements for fuel trucks and complying with states of emergency in Alabama and Georgia.
A gasoline spill of about 336,000 gallons opened up near Birmingham, Ala., earlier this month forcing the closure of Colonial Pipeline’s underground Line 1, which transports gasoline from Houston to NY.
Quik Trip spokesman Mike Thornbrugh said several stations in SC were seeing outages.
AAA Mid-Atlantic said Monday that seasonal gas price savings “stalled”, reporting that the cost per gallon rose five cents since September 16.
Colonial Pipeline said it does not expect to fully reopen its primary gasoline pipeline until next week. It’s unclear when the spill actually started.
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Colonial Pipline officials continue to work on a damaged pipeline that supplies much of the east coast with petroleum products.
