Gas prices are 25 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.260 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has gone up 13 cents over the past week and is now at $4.00 per gallon. Instability along the Strait of Hormuz is contributing to the increase at the pump and pushing crude oil prices over $80 per barrel. Earlier this year, the national average remained in the $4 range all of April and May and most of June. Last time the national average was $4 or above was on June 17 when it was $4.02. Today’s national average is five cents more than a month ago but 86 cents more than a year ago.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand remained flat last week at 8.84 million. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 212.1 million barrels to 210.5 million. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.6 million barrels per day.
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate rose 26 cents to settle at $79.60 a barrel. The EIA reports that crude oil inventories decreased by 1.7 million barrels from the previous week. At 409.7 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 stayed the same this past week at 42 cents.
Western Pennsylvania Averages
| Today | One Week Ago | One Year Ago | Record Price Date | Record Price |
| $4.260 | $4.013 | $3.359 | 6/13/2022 | $5.029 |
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline today in various areas:
$4.270 Altoona
$4.240 Beaver
$4.198 Bradford
$4.140 Brookville
$4.312 Butler
$4.202 Clarion
$4.201 DuBois
$4.254 Erie
$4.264 Greensburg
$4.204 Indiana
$4.299 Jeannette
$4.244 Kittanning
$4.295 Latrobe
$4.285 Meadville
$4.299 Mercer
$4.229 New Castle
$4.251 New Kensington
$4.294 Oil City
$4.289 Pittsburgh
$4.159 Sharon
$4.453 Uniontown
$4.335 Warren
$4.257 Washington
