Need another excuse to stay home? Pump prices are rising, with New Jersey gallons averaging 17 cents from last month.
On Saturday, unleaded regular gasoline averaged $ 2.66 per gallon, compared to $ 2.60 last week and $ 2.49 last month, the same average price a year ago, according to the AAA.
“Consumers can expect to continue to pay more to supply this month, potentially up to 10 cents more per gallon, depending on the rise in oil,” AAA spokeswoman Jeanette Casselano McGee said in a press release. “If demand grows, it will drive fuel pump prices even higher.”
The combination of rising crude oil prices and rising fuel demand is likely to be responsible for the price increase, according to the Energy Information Administration. West Texas Intermediate crude reached its highest daily adjustment price of the year on Friday.
AAA predicts that pump prices will continue to rise before spring.
At the moment, the price at the New Jersey pump is 16 cents higher than the national average of $ 2.50. And 45 other states are also facing gas prices higher than a week ago, with Florida and Michigan earning 11 cents each.
“For almost a year, drivers have saved 53 cents a gallon, on average, by filling their gas tanks. That extra change will decrease quickly thanks to the rise in crude oil prices, which has made pump prices more expensive, ”said McGee.
Here is the average cost of a gallon of regular in each county, according to the AAA:
- Atlantic County: $ 2.68
- Bergen County: $ 2.63
- Burlington County: $ 2.66
- Camden County: $ 2.65
- Cape May County: $ 2.71
- Cumberland County: $ 2.66
- Essex County: $ 2.69
- Gloucester County: $ 2.66
- Hudson County: $ 2.64
- Hunterdon County: $ 2.70
- Mercer County: $ 2.70
- Middlesex County: $ 2.68
- Monmouth County: $ 2.68
- Morris County: $ 2.67
- Ocean County: $ 2.70
- Passaic County: $ 2.62
- County Salem: $ 2.64
- Somerset County: $ 2.75
- Sussex County: $ 2.62
- Union County: $ 2.65
- Warren County: $ 2.68
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