Triple A reports that gas prices are continuing to go up across Pennsylvania.
Over the last seven days, the average across Western Pennsylvania went up seven cents to $3.82 a gallon. That average is still 40 cents cheaper than where it was last year at this time, when the regional average was $4.20.
Indiana County’s average is now $3.84 a gallon. That makes it the second highest among the counties that surround it. Westmoreland County’s average of $3.86 makes that county the highest in the area. After Indiana is Armstrong County at $3.82. Jefferson and Cambria both checked in with $3.78 averages and Clearfield’s the lowest average in the region at $3.76.
Gasbuddy.com reports that prices are at $3.89 in Indiana, Homer City, Clymer and Blairsville this morning.
The statewide average is now $3.77, a seven cent increase over the last week, while the national average also went up seven cents over the last seven days to $3.67. Experts with Triple-A say that the cost of oil has been hovering around the $80 a barrel level, which they say caused the spike. It’s believed that if the cost of oil remains the same, incremental price increases will continue to be seen at the pumps.
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