Since the refinery’s partial shutdown on Saturday, gas prices spiked by as much as 40 cents per gallon across Midwestern states, including Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio.
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AAA said gas prices could fall below $2 per gallon in some parts of the U.S. this year. A year ago the average cost of a gallon of regular locally was $3.52.
Gas prices have fallen in Rhode Island for the sixth consecutive week.
Outside the Great Lakes, though, most regions are seeing gasoline price declines.
Prices Sunday were 53.3 cents per gallon lower than the same day a year ago and are 6 cents a gallon lower than a month ago, GasBuddy said. AAA advises motorists to shop around for the best prices in their area, and to make sure they and their passengers buckle up – every trip, every time. Even with the US producing record amounts of crude oil, the notoriously volatile energy markets can be affected by small events, such as outages at several refineries that have led to tighter supplies of gasoline.
The lowest price in the Harrisburg area today is $2.29 a gallon at Speedway on Robinhood Drive near Interstate-83 in Etters and Speedway on Fishing Creek Road near Interstate-83.
She said state residents do have an option if they suspect price fixing or gouging by an individual gas station. On August 17, 2014, Las Vegas drivers were paying an average of $3.71 a gallon.
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“This just proves how big of an impact oil can have on the price of gasoline”, Jenkins said. NHC forecast a 50 percent chance that the disturbance would turn into a depression by Wednesday and a 70 percent chance that it will have done so by Friday.
