Pittsburgh region gas prices continue to fall

The national average price for a gallon of gasoline reached $2.59 Monday, the lowest since April 30. “I actually have been driving a lot more and traveling”.

“Gas prices are falling with very little resistance”, AAA spokesman Mark Jenkins said.

The national average is 87.9 cents less per gallon than a year ago and fell 16.2 cents per gallon in the past month.

It’s time for American drivers to rev up their engines.

When it comes to gas prices, experts say that what goes up quickly tends to come down slowly.

He said he’s paid more than $100 in the past to fill the tank of his Dodge Ram truck, but that has dropped to $60 with current gas prices. The lowest was in Charleston, S.C., where customers paid an average of $2.19 a gallon.

A market spike on the West Coast had impact on average prices earlier this summer, but did not bring average prices close to what they were a year ago.

Kansas gas prices remain well under the national average, which stands at $2.59.

“I buy premium because of the type of vehicle I have, so it always costs more anyway”, Cadenas said Tuesday after buying at Go Gas in Monkey Junction.

According to AAA’s Fuel Gauge Report, the average cost of a gallon of the base-grade fuel was at $3.20 on Monday.

Conflict in the Middle East, a disruption to U.S. drilling or a refinery outage could always push up oil prices, thus reducing the chances that gasoline will fall as predicted.

An oil price plunge continues to place downward pressure on prices at the pump, according to AAA. Motorists in 35 states and Washington, D.C. have seen prices move lower by double-digit increments over this same period, with the largest drops in price reported in Michigan (-36 cents), Indiana (-32 cents) and Kentucky (-31 cents). Drivers are saving six cents per gallon week-over-week, and 18 cents per gallon month-over-month.