Gas prices drop below $3 a gallon countywide; drop 37 cents


Published/Last Modified on Friday, November 7, 2008 11:35 PM MST


According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of November 3, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $3.14 to $2.77 over the two-week period. According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $2.94 to $2.56 per gallon. Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices dropped from $2.91 to $2.40 during the two-week period.


In Benson, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $3.15 to $2.96. In Bisbee, the price went down during the two-week period from $3.15 to $2.84. The price in Douglas dropped from $3.08 to $2.84 per gallon. In Huachuca City, the price declined from $3.32 to $2.93 per gallon. In Sierra Vista, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $3.22 to $2.75. In Tombstone, the price went down during the two-week period from $3.30 to $2.77 per gallon. Willcox saw gas prices drop drastically from $2.78 to $2.29 per gallon during the two-week period.

One year ago, the nationwide average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, according to the EIA, was $3.01, which is 61 cents higher than its current price. At the state level, according to AAA Arizona, the price a year ago was $2.87, which is 31 cents higher than the current price per gallon. At the county level, according to the CER survey, the price a year ago was $2.91, which is 14 cents higher than the price from the most recent survey.

LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL           AVERAGE GAS PRICES

        10/20/2008             11/03/2008

United States        $2.91    $2.40

Arizona        $2.94    $2.56

Cochise County        $3.14    $2.77

    Benson        $3.15    $2.96

    Bisbee        $3.15    $2.84

    Douglas        $3.08    $2.84

    Huachuca City    $3.32    $2.93

    Sierra Vista        $3.22    $2.75

    Tombstone        $3.30    $2.77

    Willcox        $2.78    $2.29

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Comments

    Stanley Tucci wrote on Nov 11, 2008 6:24 AM:

    " Was in PHX yesterday and filled up for $2.35 per gallon Sierra Vista has gas .20 cents cheaper the Douglas.

    We are being gouged. "

    Donna Campbell wrote on Nov 10, 2008 8:07 AM:

    " I would like to know why the gas in Douglas is 50 cents higher than it is in Willcox and even 20 cents higher than California in general. The local gas stations must be really raking in the money right now. I get no more gas these days than to go for a couple of days. When I get to the 50 cents cheaper gas, I fill up. Sorry Douglas gas stations. "

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