US Retail Regular Gasoline Prices
The Graph of the Week comes from This Week in Petroleum, from the Energy Information Administration of the US Department of Energy. From their 1/3/08 report
After six weeks of decline, the U.S. average retail price for regular gasoline jumped 7.3 cents to 305.3 cents per gallon as of December 31, 2007, 71.9 cents above a year ago. Prices increased in all regions except the Rocky Mountains where the price fell 0.7 cent to 292.1 cents per gallon. The East Coast rose 5.8 cents to 306.5 cents per gallon. The largest increase, 11.4 cents, occurred in the Midwest with the price stopping at 303.2 cents per gallon. The Gulf Coast swelled by 8.4 cents to 292.0 cents per gallon, still the lowest regional price. The West Coast maintained the highest regional price while strengthening 3.6 cents to 321.8 cents per gallon. The average price for regular grade in California climbed to 329.8 cents per gallon, 3.7 cents more than last week and 68.8 cents per gallon more than last year.
You can read their full report here. Find links to energy and other industry statistics at the NABE Micro/Industry Links page.