Gas prices are seven cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.330 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
Motorists are getting a break at the pump as the summer travel season heats up. For the first time since mid-March, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is down to $3.92. This marks nearly four straight weeks of declines. Crude oil prices continue to fall as the U.S. and Iran work on a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Sliding gas prices come as millions of Americans prepare to travel for Independence Day in record numbers starting next weekend. Today’s national average is 63 cents less than a month ago but 71 cents more than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased last week from 8.73 million barrels per day to 9.21 million. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 215.1 million barrels to 214.2 million. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 10.1 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate rose 74 cents to settle at $76.79 a barrel. The EIA reports crude oil inventories decreased by 8.3 million barrels from the previous week. At 418.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6% below the five-year average for this time of year.
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station went down one cent this past week to 41 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $4.330 | $4.408 | $3.591 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$4.150 Altoona
$4.617 Beaver
$4.364 Bradford
$4.263 Brookville
$4.402 Butler
$4.222 Clarion
$4.269 DuBois
$3.927 Erie
$4.137 Greensburg
$4.401 Indiana
$4.146 Jeannette
$4.578 Kittanning
$4.301 Latrobe
$4.290 Meadville
$4.425 Mercer
$4.415 New Castle
$4.514 New Kensington
$4.644 Oil City
$4.534 Pittsburgh
$3.914 Sharon
$4.565 Uniontown
$4.017 Warren
$4.449 Washington
