Gas prices continue to plummet across region
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Gasoline prices have dropped another nine cents across Western Pennsylvania.
The average cost of a gallon of unleaded self-serve plummeted to $2.716 this week, from $2.806 a week ago, according to a report Monday from AAA East Central.
This is the eighth consecutive week the cost has dropped across the region, totaling 42.0 cents. The new average also is 9 cents below the price of a year ago.
Washington’s pricing was a mixed bag for the third consecutive week. The average here dipped another 7.3 cents to $2.789, from $2.862. But that is the third-highest average among 22 Western Pennsylvania cities and towns listed by AAA. Only Warren ($2.806) and Brookville ($2.794) and Warren ($2.916) are higher. New Castle ($2.468) has the lowest average, followed by Altoona ($2.578).
Pennsylvania’s average dropped by seven cents cents to $2.69, while the nationwide figure fell 10 more cents to $2.46 – the lowest this year, and two cents cheaper than at this time in 2017.
Gasoline stocks declined by 700,000 barrels in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, which includes Pennsylvania, but are at a healthy 61 million.