Despite declining costs, Fargo has highest gas prices in North Dakota

FARGO — Have you ever ever questioned why costs can range a lot from city to city? The nationwide common of a gallon of gasoline has been slowly lowering. It stood at $4.52 per gallon as of Monday, July 18, almost fifty cents lower than it was a month in the past.

Whereas the nationwide gasoline common has trended downward in latest weeks, Fargo has the very best gasoline costs of any metropolis in North Dakota.

“That is one thing that we usually do not see,” stated Gene LaDoucer, director of Public Affairs at Fargo’s department of AAA.

LaDoucer stated Fargo tends to have the bottom gasoline costs within the state, however proper now Fargo’s costs are about 17 cents increased than Minot’s, which has the bottom gasoline common within the state. He cited a lot of causes for that, saying a whole lot of it’s left as much as retailers.

“When gasoline costs have been close to their file highs, Fargo had among the lowest costs within the state at that time,” he stated. “So, now that they are coming down, they’re simply bringing their costs down somewhat bit slower (in Fargo).”

The variety of gasoline stations in a selected space additionally performs a task, and buyer habits can also have an effect on costs. Some individuals would possibly go searching for the most affordable place to purchase gasoline. Others, like Dave Phillips, of Moorhead, would possibly simply go to the primary gasoline station they see.

“I do not analysis in any respect,” Phillips stated. “It is a close to gasoline station. However on this case, I needed to cease … and decide up just a few issues.”

LaDoucer sais gasoline stations could decrease their costs if clients take their enterprise to locations with cheaper gasoline.

“Then they’re going to need to drop their value to be stay aggressive in that market,” he stated.

Folks in Fargo wanting to save cash on the pump have choices. There’s a few forty-cent unfold between the most affordable and costliest stations within the metropolis, and LaDoucer expects the costs to slowly proceed to say no.