Gas prices in Grant rise above Adams for first time this year
NANCE BESTON | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 months, 1 week AGO
MOSES LAKE – Washington and Grant County average gas prices saw an increase this week. However, national and Adams County saw a decrease in fuel prices, according to AAA.
“Nearly every state saw average gas prices decline for the second straight week, even as the nation celebrated July 4 with the lowest national average for Independence Day since 2020,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, in a statement. “If tensions in the Middle East remain contained and the Gulf is spared from major hurricanes, the odds are improving that the national average could dip below $3 per gallon later this summer, but in the meantime, we could see the national average falling to its lowest summer level since the pandemic.”
However, Washington was one of the few states that saw an increase this week.
In Grant County, there was a three-cent increase this week, putting the average price of gasoline at $4.43 in the county, according to AAA. The slight increase marks the highest gas prices the county has seen this year. Grant County, for the first time this year, also surpassed Adams County in fuel prices.
Adams County saw slightly decreased prices for the first week, with prices sitting at $4.36, or three cents cheaper than last week, according to AAA. The price is still higher than that of two weeks ago when fuel prices were sitting at an average of $4.34.
Both Grant and Adams counties remain in the middle of the pack for gas prices in the state, though, according to AAA.
San Juan County is the most expensive in the state at $5.35, a ten-cent decrease from last week, according to AAA. Asotin County remained the cheapest at $3.65, which is a 17-cent decrease from last week.
Washington State’s average fuel prices saw a slight increase this week, rising seven cents from the week before, according to AAA. Average gas prices for the state are sitting at $4.49.
Washington remains the third most expensive state to purchase gasoline, with only California at $4.56 and Hawaii at $4.47 to be the only states with higher prices in the nation.
Nationally, the gas prices also saw a decrease from last week, with prices now sitting at $3.14, a four-cent decrease from last week.
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