PROVIDENCE — Drivers have been given a little bit of an “finish of 12 months bonus” within the type of aid on the fuel pump, with costs dipping one other 7 cents over the previous week regardless of a rise within the variety of vacationers for the Christmas vacation.
A survey of costs on Tuesday discovered self-serve, common unleaded gasoline averaging $3.26 per gallon in Rhode Island. The value represents a 7-cent drop over the previous week and 44-cent drop over the previous month.
The value is now 11 cents decrease than it was a 12 months in the past, however nonetheless stays 16 cents increased than the nationwide common.
“Growing provide and comfortable gasoline demand are pushing pump costs decrease,” stated Diana Gugliotta, director of public affairs for AAA Northeast. “Gasoline all through the Northeast is now cheaper than the identical time final 12 months, which could have appeared unimaginable when costs peaked at report highs this previous summer season.”
AAA Northeast’s Tuesday survey of gasoline costs discovered the present nationwide common to be 2 cents decrease than final week, averaging $3.10 a gallon. In the present day’s nationwide common worth is 45 cents decrease than a month in the past and 18 cents decrease than the identical day final 12 months.
— Jason Vallee