CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon.
CAMARILLO, Calif. — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline spiked 33 cents over the past two weeks to $4.71 per gallon.
Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the price jump comes amid higher crude oil costs and tight gasoline supplies.
The average price at the pump is $1.61 higher than it was one year ago.
Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas is in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $6.20 per gallon. The lowest average is in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at $3.92 per gallon.
In Hawaii, the average price was $5.38 per gallon Sunday, according to AAA, which only keeps data for Hilo, which was running $5.42 per gallon. Meanwhile, according to GasBuddy and checks of stations in West Hawaii, a gallon of gas in Waimea was running up to $5.79 and in Kailua-Kona was about $5.69.
According to the survey, the average price of diesel rose 9 cents over two weeks, to $5.66 a gallon.
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