Bradford motorists are paying an average of $2.269 a gallon for unleaded, self-serve gasoline this week, according to the American Automobile Association Fuel Gauge Report.
Elsewhere across the region, the average price for gas stands at $2.371 a gallon — a decline of three cents from last week, AAA officials said. Nationwide, the average price for gas is $2.13 a gallon. AAA officials said motorists this year paid the second lowest gas prices for Thanksgiving since 2008, and the national average has steadily dropped. The latest average price is down one cent per gallon for the week, seven cents over the last month and is only nine cents more compared to a year ago.
AAA officials said pump prices in the Great Lakes region continue to be the most volatile in the nation. This is a product of some refinery issues that have limited production at some facilities. While prices in recent weeks have been a mixed bag of increases and decreases, regional prices over the past week have moved mostly lower. The volatility in the region has been pressured by operations at the BP refinery in Whiting, Ind. (the region’s largest facility), which has been undergoing planned maintenance that is set to wrap up at the end of the month.
The following is a list of the average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas: $2.389, Altoona; $2.362, Brookville; $2.380, Clarion; $2.291, DuBois; $2.349, Erie; $2.398, Indiana; $2.390, Kittanning; $2.383, Meadville; $2.403, Pittsburgh; and $2.397, Warren.
