As I drive around central Maine, I see gas prices up one day, down the next, it seems that the price has rarely stayed the same for more than a few days. I guess it has all averaged out, as gas prices this week in Maine held steady, with an average of $3.67 a gallon. That's according to the price-monitoring website gasbuddy.com.
I don't think anyone does. It is so frustrating!!!
How does it work?
The gas price in Fairfield is $3.58 while in Norway it is $3.34. But just a few miles away in Auburn it is $3.59.
As the thermometer starts to rise, so do the gasoline prices in Maine and across the country. The price-Monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports that the average cost for a gallon of gas in Maine went up more than three cents this week to $3.54.
The price of gas had a fairly hefty jump in price this week and now I see the average cost of home heating oil is up too. Maine energy officials say the average cash price for heating oil is up 2 cents to $3.76 a gallon.
Gas prices in Maine jumped nearly three cents a gallon this week. MaineGasPrices.com reported that the average retail cost of a gallon of gas in Maine rose to $3.56. That's based on a survey of over 1,200 gas stations throughout the state.
According to the website MaineGasPrices.com, the average retail price of a gallon of gas in Maine rose more than two cents this past week to $3.54. The website surveys more than 1,200 gas stations in Maine. Maine's gas prices are 28 cents higher than the national average.
If you've noticed gas prices inching up at your local gas station, you would be correct. According to the price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com the average retail cost of a gallon of gasoline was jump nearly three cents in the past week.
The towns of Norway and Paris have the lowest gas prices in the state of Maine, according to the latest findings from mainegasprices.com. Several gas stations in Norway and Paris had a price of $3.31 per gallon.
The latest Lundberg Survey shows that gas prices in the United States have dropped by 46 cents a gallon over the past two months. The average price of regular gasoline is $3.38 a gallon.
Mainers and Americans will be hitting the road in mass this week as the holiday travel season kicks off. The good news is gas prices in Maine remained stable at $3.60 per gallon this week. That is 20 cents per gallon less than last month but 15 cents higher per gallon than last Thanksgiving.