Gas Prices Climb 1.9 Cents in State
The state’s average retail price for gasoline rose 1.9 cents a gallon in the latest week, the third straight weekly increase, a government survey showed.
Self-serve regular’s average price climbed to $2.053 a gallon from $2.034 the previous week, the Energy Department said, partly because of recent hikes in crude oil prices.
The price stood 23.2 cents a gallon higher than a year earlier, according to the agency’s Energy Information Administration.
Nationwide, the average price of regular slipped 0.2 cent to $1.909 a gallon, the EIA said.
-- James F. Peltz
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