Gas prices are seven cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.694 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report
Nationwide Trends:
The national average for a gallon of regular is four cents lower this week at $4.49. Even though this week’s average is cheaper than last week, gas prices are still the highest they’ve been in four years. With gasoline demand on the rise and the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz, pump prices are likely to remain elevated as the summer travel season gets underway. Today’s national average is 40 cents more than a month ago and $1.32 more than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased last week from 8.75 million barrels per day to 8.76 million. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 215.7 million barrels to 214.2 million. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate fell $5.89 to settle at $98.26 a barrel. The EIA reports crude oil inventories decreased by 7.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 445 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 2% below the five-year average for this time of year.
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station remained the same this past week at 41 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $4.694 | $4.760 | $3.451 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$4.546 Altoona
$4.858 Beaver
$4.665 Bradford
$4.524 Brookville
$4.789 Butler
$4.627 Clarion
$4.553 DuBois
$4.634 Erie
$4.467 Greensburg
$4.775 Indiana
$4.518 Jeannette
$4.852 Kittanning
$4.592 Latrobe
$4.681 Meadville
$4.788 Mercer
$4.856 New Castle
$4.815 New Kensington
$4.899 Oil City
$4.845 Pittsburgh
$4.485 Sharon
$4.764 Uniontown
$4.691 Warren
$4.735 Washington
