Average price of gas jumps $0.49 in a week: AAA

(WJET/WFXP)– AAA has reported that the average price for a gallon of gas in western Pennsylvania has jumped $0.49 since last week, marking the highest they’ve been in nearly four years.

After prices went down for two consecutive weeks, AAA said prices went up again to $4.654 on average, adding that it’s the highest they’ve been since July 2022.

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Western PA saw a higher price hike than the national average of $0.34. Last week’s average price in the area was $4.160.

The new average price is $1.29 higher than a year ago at this time, according to AAA, with oil prices also going up $6.95 to $106.88 after the trading session on Wednesday, April 30.

The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station went up by one cent this past week to 41 cents, per AAA.

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Multiple gas stations across the Erie area have been seen charging $4.69 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com , with prices just over the Pennsylvania border in Chautauqua County being as low as $4.25 and $4.39.

The average price of gas, according to AAA, is as follows:

$4.483      Altoona
$4.685      Beaver
$4.435      Bradford
$4.670      Brookville
$4.695      Butler
$4.679      Clarion
$4.653      DuBois
$4.627      Erie
$4.695      Greensburg
$4.664      Indiana
$4.706      Jeannette
$4.667      Kittanning
$4.694      Latrobe
$4.689      Meadville
$4.673      Mercer
$4.671      New Castle
$4.663      New Kensington
$4.682      Oil City
$4.687      Pittsburgh
$4.583      Sharon
$4.671      Uniontown
$4.694      Warren
$4.684      Washington

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