Average gas price in County below $3 a gallon


Published/Last Modified on Saturday, October 25, 2008 3:06 PM MDT


According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of October 20, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $3.40 to $3.14 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $3.40 to $2.94 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices dropped from $3.48 to $2.91 during the two-week period.


As gas prices continue to drop in Douglas, motorists here are finding some relief at the gas pump. In July, the cheapest gas was $3.70. Today, prices have dropped to $2.99 and are expected to drop even more.

Willcox saw gas prices drop drastically from $3.29 to $2.78 per gallon during the two-week period. In Benson, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $3.43 to $3.15. In Bisbee, the price went down during the two-week period from $3.48 to $3.15. The price in Douglas dropped from $3.30 to $3.08 per gallon. In Huachuca City, the price declined from $3.52 to $3.32 per gallon. In Sierra Vista, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $3.41 to $3.22. In Tombstone, the price went down during the two-week period from $3.41 to $3.30 per gallon.

One year ago, the nationwide average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, according to the EIA, was $2.82, which is 9 cents lower than its current price. At the state level, according to AAA Arizona, the price a year ago was $2.75, which is 19 cents lower than the current price per gallon. At the county level, according to the CER survey, the price a year ago was $2.79, which is 35 cents lower than the price from the most recent survey.

LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICES

 

Week of 10/06/2008

Week of 10/20/2008

United States

$3.48

$2.91

Arizona

$3.40

$2.94

Cochise County

$3.40

$3.14

    Benson

$3.43

$3.15

    Bisbee

$3.48

$3.15

    Douglas

$3.30

$3.08

    Huachuca City

$3.52

$3.32

    Sierra Vista

$3.41

$3.22

    Tombstone

$3.41

$3.30

    Willcox

$3.29

$2.78

 

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Comments

    Stan Tucci wrote on Oct 28, 2008 7:31 AM:

    " Tucson has gas for $2.69 per gallon.

    Whats the deal? At the highest, Douglas had the lowest gas prices around. Now that gas has dropped we are paying more then everyone else.

    Is someone getting greedy? "

    From McNeal wrote on Oct 26, 2008 8:53 AM:

    " McNeal is currently selling for $2.84 per gallon. "

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