Retail gas prices eased over last week
After five weeks of increasing gasoline prices, Texas drivers may have noticed that prices are beginning to stabilize.
In Texas, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is currently $2.67, down from $2.69 last week, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch Report. In San Antonio, drivers are paying $2.61 on average for gas. This is down one cent from last week. Nationwide, drivers are paying $2.79 on average, a reduction of three cents from last week.
“Gas prices are significantly higher than this time one year ago, 74 cents nationally and 69 cents higher statewide,” says AAA Texas spokeman Dan Ronan. “In Texas consumers paid $27.72 in 2009 (to fill up a 14-gallon tank) and today it’s $37.38, an increase of almost ten dollars.”