Today’s fuel price musings

Add comment February 28th, 2008

Edit: (data courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com)

Gasoline: Rockford remains on top in Illinois at $3.24 a gallon, five cents above the state average. We increased almost one cent since yesterday, as did the state as a whole. No metro area increased or decreased by much more than a cent Woops, missed Champaign, which dropped five cents. The state average remained three cents above the national average; Illinois has the 10th-highest gas prices in the country.

Diesel: Rockford remains ninth out of 11 metro areas in the state at $3.65 a gallon, eight cents below the state average. We gained almost two cents since yesterday, mirroring the state. Chicago remains the highest at $3.83 a gallon. The metro areas with similar prices had the biggest changes: East Saint Louis rose more than eight cents and is close to catching up to us at $3.62 a gallon; Springfield gained four cents to $3.68 a gallon; Peoria gained three cents to $3.68 a gallon. The state average remains 11 cents higher than the national average; Illinois has the ninth-highest diesel prices in the country.