Gas prices averaging 25 cents less than last year at this time

Posted 8/28/19

Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are down four cents this week, according to AAA Northeast. AAA's August 26 survey of prices in Rhode Island finds self-serve, regular unleaded averaging $2.59 per gallon. Rhode Island's price is the same as the national

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Gas prices averaging 25 cents less than last year at this time

Posted Thursday, August 29, 2019 1:42 pm

Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are down four cents this week, according to AAA Northeast.

AAA’s August 26 survey of prices in Rhode Island finds self-serve, regular unleaded averaging $2.59 per gallon. Rhode Island’s price is the same as the national average for regular unleaded. A year ago at this time, the average price in Rhode Island was twenty-seven cents higher at $2.86.

“For local travelers who are ending summer with road trips, gas prices are significantly less expensive than they were last Labor Day,” said Diana Imondi, AAA Northeast Manager of Public Affairs & Traffic Safety. “At the start of this week, two-thirds of all states have averages that are around a quarter cheaper than last year.”

The range in prices in the latest AAA survey for unleaded regular is 47 cents, from a low of $2.32 to a high of $2.79.