Gas drops 6 cents in Massachusetts

The national average price, $2.76, is a penny cheaper than last week, four cents cheaper than a month ago, and 82 cents cheaper than this time past year.

The price tracking website GasBuddy reported the average price across Maine was $2.75 per gallon for regular gasoline Sunday, down from about $2.78 one week prior.

Gasbuddy.com shows the lowest in Michigan is in Menominee at $2.28 a gallon and $2.32 in Greenville.

GasBuddy.com says refinery issues are primarily the reason for the increase, but “rest assured lower prices will be coming back in the weeks ahead”.

Lower prices for oil are pushing down the price of gasoline, travel club AAA said.

Last week prices dropped under the Greek debt crisis and the announcement of an historic nuclear deal with Iran. There have been three named tropical storms, but none has threatened the oil-production region.

Meanwhile, motorists are continuing to experience prices far below what they were paying last summer.

According to AAA, gas prices have been on the downward trend since peaking in mid-June.

The average price of gas was $2.44 a gallon, 11.1 cents per gallon less than the week before.