Lower gas prices spur North Carolina motorists at Christmas

AAA Texas on Thursday reported that compares to the national average holding steady at $2.01 per gallon.

The average gas price in Pueblo remains under $1.80 for a second week.

Gas prices are now about 16 cents cheaper than last month and 65 cents less than last December.

As the Reader reported on December 14, gas prices in San Diego County reached a five-month low – $2.31/gallon at an Escondido station.

Gasoline prices in MA are down two cents from last week, are at the lowest point of the year and the lowest locally since the spring of 2009, according to AAA Northeast, which has an office in Framingham, off Route 9. “Yes, it can”, Jeff Pelton, senior petroleum analyst for gasoline price website GasBuddy, said in a statement.

“Falling gas prices will lead to more North Carolinians traveling to celebrate the holidays and ring in the New Year with family and friends”, said AAA of the Carolinas CEO David E. Parsons.

Why again, with the price of a barrel of oil reported at an 11-year record low?

American drivers have about $540 more in their pockets this year thanks to low gas prices.

GasBuddy is the premiere source for real-time local gas prices.

Speer says while the price of gas may challenge that low, when prices begin going up in March, it won’t be because of an artificial “floor” set by taxes and other fixed costs, it’ll be due to cyclical factors in the refining business.