With Spring Break in full swing, drivers are paying more at the pump compared to last week. Californians are seeing an average of $4.66 per gallon, a two cent increase from last week, while the national average went up three cents to $3.15.
While gas prices increase this time of year and peak during summer, the national average remains about 40 cents lower than last year due to tepid gasoline demand and weak crude oil prices.
According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand decreased from 8.81 b/d last week to 8.64. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 240.6 million barrels to 239.1. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.2 million barrels per day.
Fuel Prices Around the State:
- Contra Costa County: $4.83
- San Francisco: $4.81
- Oakland: $4.76
- San Jose: $4.71
- Sacramento: $4.68
- Fresno: $4.62
- Stockton: $4.50
Oil Market Dynamics
At the close of Wednesday’s formal trading session, WTI rose 65 cents to settle at $69.65 a barrel. The EIA reports that crude oil inventories decreased by 3.3 million barrels from the previous week. At 433.6 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 5% below the five-year average for this time of year.
EV Charging
The national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station stayed the same this past week at 34 cents.
State Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($4.66), Hawaii ($4.52), Washington ($4.13), Nevada ($3.77), Oregon ($3.76), Illinois ($3.44), Alaska ($3.40), Arizona ($3.33), Idaho ($3.32), and Pennsylvania ($3.25).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Mississippi ($2.68), Oklahoma ($2.72), Louisiana ($2.75), Texas ($2.76), Alabama ($2.77), Tennessee ($2.81), South Carolina ($2.81), Kentucky ($2.82), Kansas ($2.83), and Arkansas ($2.83).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Hawaii (56 cents), West Virginia (46 cents), Montana (44 cents), South Carolina (42 cents), Tennessee (42 cents), Idaho (42 cents), Alaska (41 cents), Kentucky (41 cents), New Hampshire (40 cents), and Louisiana (39 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (22 cents), Missouri (25 cents), Nebraska (26 cents), Iowa (26 cents), North Dakota (26 cents), Delaware (27 cents), Michigan (29 cents), Texas (29 cents), Utah (29 cents), and Washington, DC (30 cents).
Drivers can find current gas and electric charging prices along their route using the AAA Mobile App, now available on CarPlay.
I paid $4.39 yesterday at the Ultra on Clayton Road
…. and a reminder Newscum never delivered on his campaign promise of getting under the price gouging by big oil & bring parity to Cali as to other states…. and yet he was elected again and beat a recall …sigh
there is nothing but bulls#!t that fly’s out of that mans mouth. The fact that people listen to him baffles the mind. Cocaine and hair gel is all he is.
how is he gonna stop the price gouging when the only ones driving the prices up are state and local agencies? He is a pos
Thanks Gavin Newsome
You guys are so funny. When Biden was in office has was Biden’s fault and when Trump is in office it is Newsom’s fault. Wither y’all don’t understand how gas prices work or there’s some partisan blaming happening. But facts clearly aren’t important to any of you so I don’t know why I even bother commenting.
You so funny!
Biden and Newsom have intentionally restricted supply and raised prices.
Please tell us what are the facts?
We never had a reprieve. I track the costs I pay, and we’re back to where prices were mid-February, course now it’s under the guise that it’s the summer blend. Basically pricing went us .20 in a week. Californians pay the highest price in the nation. Oddly, we have refineries nearby, which appears to make no difference. This is greed, pure and simple, by the gas industry.
Look up who makes the most amount of money per gallon of gas sold in California and you tell me who is being greedy! It is state and local agencies that are robbing the people blind without ever putting a dollar towards maintaining these aging refineries!