The U.S. national average for a gallon of unleaded gasoline jumped 5.4 cents over the past week, reaching a level it had not seen in ten weeks.
Although still more than a dollar cheaper than it was a year ago, the Energy Department reported that gas is now selling for $1.89 a gallon on average across the country.
The most expensive region is the West Coast which is averaging $2.08 a gallon. The cheapest area of the country is the Rocky Mountain states which have a regional average price of $1.71, though it suffered a jump of 6.8 cents in the past week.
San Francisco had the highest city price at $2.10, up 3.1 cents in the last week. Houston had the cheapest gas prices at $1.75 per gallon, even with a jump of 6.7 cents in the last week, according to the Energy Information Administration’s weekly gas survey report.
Samuel R. Avro is the founding editor of Consumer Energy Report. He lives in the New York area and has a vast interest in, and knowledge of, all the topics of energy as they relate directly to the consumer.... Full Bio