Gas prices drop across county

SIERRA VISTA — According to the Cochise College Center for Economic Research’s latest biweekly survey of gas prices, conducted during the week of Dec. 15, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in Cochise County dropped from $1.92 to $1.74 over the two-week period.

According to AAA Arizona, the statewide price decreased from $1.83 to $1.62 per gallon.

Nationally, according to the Energy Information Administration, gas prices dropped from $1.81 to $1.66 during the two-week period.

In Benson, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $2.01 to $2.

In Bisbee, the price went down during the two-week period from $2.01 to $1.79.

 The price in Douglas dropped from $1.92 to $1.81 per gallon.

In Huachuca City, the price declined from $1.99 to $1.70 per gallon.

In Sierra Vista, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline decreased from $1.90 to $1.63.

In Tombstone, the price went down during the two-week period from $1.87 to $1.62 per gallon.

Willcox saw gas prices drop from $1.76 to $1.61 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 $3.00, which is $1.34 higher than its current price.

At the state level, according to AAA Arizona, the price a year ago was $2.97, which is $1.35 higher than the current price per gallon.

At the county level, according to the CER survey, the price a year ago was $2.98, which is $1.24 higher than the price from the most recent survey.