In this Wednesday Sept. 24, 2014 photo, a customer reaches for the regular switch to fill her tank with the $2.92-a-gallon regular gas at a RaceWay gas station in Richland, Miss. The typical autumn decline in gasoline prices is getting a big push lower by falling global oil prices. By the end of the year, up to 30 states could have an average gasoline price of under $3 a gallon. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis) Gasoline prices in Chattanooga have risen an average of 31.4 cents per gallon in the past month but remain nearly a dollar a gallon below where they were a year ago.
According to a gasolince price survey of 170 retail outlets in Chattanooga by GasBuddy.com, the average price of a gallon of gas Sunday was $2.14 per gallon. Chattanooga gas prices have risen more than the national average in the past month but remain 15 cents per gallon beneath the U.S. average price of $2.29 per gallon, according to the gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Chattanooga during the past week, prices on Sunday averaged 98.8 cents per gallon less than the same day one year ago and are 31.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has increased 26.6 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 111.5 cents per gallon lower than this day one year ago.
“The seasonal lift in gasoline prices remains well underway across the country, with the West Coast seeing the most excruciating rate of price increases,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst with GasBuddy. “Not only is the national average up some 27 cents per gallon versus last month, but some areas- like California- are seeing extra hits at the pump as a refinery explosion and seasonal gasoline requirements leading to a home run- and not for the home team.”
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