- Gainesville area prices increasing from $2.97 last month to $3.76 currently.
- Gas prices in the Gainesville area jumped 47 cents over the past week to $3.76 per gallon and have increased by 34 cents nationwide.
- In Florida, the average price per gallon increased from $3.24 to $3.71 and the national average went from $3.25 to $3.59.
Gas prices in the Gainesville area jumped 47 cents over the past week to $3.76 per gallon and have increased by 34 cents nationwide.
According to the latest AAA numbers released on Thursday, the local cost at the pump went from $3.29 last week to $3.76 in the Gainesville area. In Florida, the average price per gallon increased from $3.24 to $3.71 and the national average went from $3.25 to $3.59.
“Current prices are similar to the spring of 2024. Gasoline demand increases this time of year as the weather warms up and more drivers hit the road,” the AAA release stated. “Crude oil prices play a major role in what drivers pay at the pump, and prices have surpassed the $100 per barrel mark multiple times in recent days.”
In response to the rising prices, the U.S. announced that it will release 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over the next four months, according to the release. The International Energy Agency plans to release 400 million barrels of oil, the largest emergency release in its history.
According to the latest data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gasoline demand increased from 8.29 million barrels per day (b/d) to 9.24 million. Total domestic gasoline supply decreased from 253.1 million barrels of crude oil (bbl) to 249.5 million. Gasoline production also decreased last week, averaging 9.8 million barrels per day.
Thursday’s national average for a gallon of gas is $3.59, which is up 65 cents since last month. Last year, the price was $3.08.
Florida has the eighth most expensive price per gallon in the nation at $3.71. Last month, gas was $2.93 per gallon, and last year it was $3.02 statewide.
In the Gainesville area, last month’s price was $2.97 per gallon, and last year it was $3.10.
According to gasbuddy.com, here are the cheapest stations to fill up at in Alachua County:
- $3.19 at Chevron, 15000 Martin Luther King Blvd., Alachua
- $3.29 at Texaco, 6850 SE US 301, Hawthorne
- $3.45 at Chevron, 830 NW 1st St., High Springs
- $3.49 at Pilot, 17276 US 301, Waldo
- $3.49 at Marathon, 3970 NE County Road 340, High Springs
- $3.49 at The Short Stop, 2610 NE 39th Ave., Gainesville
- $3.49 at Chevron, 1024 W. University Ave., Gainesville
- $3.54 at Amoco, 2222 NE Waldo Rd., Gainesville
- $3.59 at Chevron, 401 N. Main St., High Springs
State Stats
Gas
The nation’s top 10 most expensive gasoline markets are California ($5.36), Hawaii ($4.76), Washington ($4.74), Nevada ($4.39), Oregon ($4.30), Arizona ($4.06), Alaska ($3.96), Florida ($3.71), Pennsylvania ($3.66), and Illinois ($3.66).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive gasoline markets are Kansas ($3.04), Oklahoma ($3.05), North Dakota ($3.09), Arkansas ($3.11), Missouri ($3.12), Mississippi ($3.16), South Dakota ($3.18), Kentucky ($3.19), Wisconsin ($3.21), and Iowa ($3.22).
Electric
The nation’s top 10 most expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are West Virginia (54 cents), Hawaii (51 cents), Alaska (50 cents), New Hampshire (47 cents), Louisiana (47 cents), South Carolina (46 cents), California (45 cents), New Jersey (45 cents), Arkansas (44 cents), and North Dakota (43 cents).
The nation’s top 10 least expensive states for public charging per kilowatt hour are Kansas (29 cents), Missouri (31 cents), Nebraska (33 cents), Iowa (33 cents), Maryland (33 cents), Utah (34 cents), Vermont (34 cents), South Dakota (34 cents), Delaware (36 cents), and Colorado (38 cents).
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Thanks Trump!! No new wars, “America First!”. Now we’re the enemies of the world and dying to colon cancer and forever chemicals.
It will probably go up more yet. But, where were the articles celebrating the price drops over the last year? It’s only news when it’s bad news.
Price drops over the last year? Guess I missed out on those. All I encountered was price increases.
“People are asking me, please, please, please Mr. President, we are winning too much, we can’t take it any more” – President Donald Trump
He’s right. We can’t take it any more.
VOTE. ORGANIZE. RESIST. JOIN A GENERAL STRIKE NOW. Everyone do something. We shall overcome. Fascists are at very, low approval ratings. TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY NOW. Abolish maga. Abolish ICE.
It’s a huge consumer rip off. We are all the victims of price gouging that should be investigated by FL AG. This fuel was paid for by the refineries and and distributors under contracts written 12-18 months ago. No fuel shortage. Only greed. Pure greed.
Why are EV charging prices inflated artificially? Where do these prices come from? I can’t see any citations.
I can drive to Wawa or Butler Plaza right now and charge my Tesla for 20-24 cents per kilowatt hour, not 40-50! And if I charge at home, it’s the regular GRU 16 cents per kwh, taxes included. On UF Campus? Free charging. It’s as if this stupid outlet is still trying to scare people away from EVs…
The data from the story is provided by the AAA.
“regular GRU 16 cents per kwh, taxes included”? But we’ve been told for years now that GRU electricity is the most expensive in the state!
With fracking and the eternal “drill baby drill”, the US has become self-sufficient in oil production and a net exporter. However, it’s easy to forget that America does not produce a drop of oil. We lease land to private companies and THEY extract the oil. The oil is theirs, not ours. They can do with it what they will and that’s sell it to the highest bidder world wide. That’s free-market capitalism working as designed and it’s the god America worships.