Dec 21, 2007 8:50 am US/Central
Texas Sees Highest Yule Gas Prices Ever
HOUSTON (AP) ―
Texas is seeing its highest Yuletide retail gasoline prices ever, despite three straight weeks of declines, according to a weekly gasoline price survey.
The AAA Texas survey released Friday showed regular self-serve was averaging $2.85 per gallon, a penny less than last week but 64 cents higher than last year. The national average remained unchanged at $2.99 per gallon.
"Gasoline prices remain at unprecedented levels for this time of year with prices of $3 a gallon or more a common sight across much of the U.S.," said auto club spokeswoman Rose Rougeau. "Despite current gas prices, more than 86 percent of Texas travelers, or nearly 4.5 million, will drive to their holiday destination -- an increase of one percent compared to 2006."
The cheapest gas prices in Texas was in Houston, where the average retail price of regular self-serve fell a penny to $2.81 per gallon. The most expensive was in the Austin-San Marcos area, where the average price fell about a penny to $2.91 per gallon.
These are average per-gallon prices of regular, self-serve gasoline in Texas and nationally, as well as the change from last week, according to the AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch released Friday:
- Amarillo -- $2.835, down 2.1 cents
- Austin-San Marcos -- $2.909, down 1.4 cents
- Beaumont -- $2.856, down .08 cent
- Corpus Christi -- $2.808, down 1.7 cents
- Dallas -- $2.822, down .02 cent
- El Paso -- $2.819, down 4.0 cents
- Fort Worth -- $2.810, down .02 cent
- Galveston-Texas City -- $2.823, down 1.1 cents
- Houston -- $2.807, down 1.0 cent
- San Antonio -- $2.876, down 1.6 cents
- Texarkana (Texas only) -- $2.904, unchanged
State -- $2.847, down 1.0 cent
Nationally -- $2.985, unchanged
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