Georgia, South Carolina gas prices rise over the past week

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Georgia and South Carolina gasoline costs have proven a big improve previously week.

The typical worth in Georgia is $3.26 per gallon, rising by 12 cents previously week, in keeping with AAA.

Augusta’s gasoline worth common as of Monday is $3.26, up 13 cents in every week, in keeping with AAA.

Nonetheless, Georgia’s common gasoline worth continues to be 21 cents beneath the nationwide common, in keeping with AAA.

In keeping with a research from HiRoad, Georgia is amongst a number of the most inexpensive states for gasoline in the entire of the U.S., relative to localized wage information.

Residents can count on 16.7% of their common hourly wage to cowl the price of a single gallon of gasoline. This makes Georgia the tenth most inexpensive state to purchase gasoline, relative to native salaries, in keeping with the research.

Georgia is considered one of solely two states which noticed the relative affordability of gasoline enhance over the course of 2022. On common, Georgian residents might count on to spend $1,435 yearly on refueling their autos in 2022, in keeping with the research.

In the meantime, the common in South Carolina is $3.18, up 11 cents from final week.

In keeping with AAA, Aiken and Edgefield counties’ gasoline costs are on the common of $3.21, up by 12 cents previously week.

Within the HiRoad research, South Carolina’s rating went from 17.6% in 2021 to 18.1% in 2022 for the common hourly wage per gallon of gasoline.

In keeping with AAA, the nationwide common gasoline worth has gone up 6 cents to $3.47.

GasBuddy Petroleum Evaluation Head Patrick De Haan mentioned wholesale costs are inching up at a price “typical for this time of 12 months” due to the transition to dearer summer season gasoline that’s underway coast to coast.

“Whereas oil costs edged barely decrease on weaker outlooks for financial development, continued refinery upkeep and the upper value of seasonal blends of gasoline are offsetting oil’s decline,” he mentioned. “The worth of diesel, nonetheless, continues to slowly decline as we see consumption for diesel loosen up. The most effective information for each gasoline and diesel costs is how vital a drop we’ve seen from year-ago ranges, with extra disinflation to come back within the weeks forward, at the same time as gasoline costs are more likely to inch up.”

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