Today’s fuel price musings - still (slightly) on top

1 comment February 29th, 2008

(data courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com)

Gasoline: For at least the fifth day in a row, Rockford is on top in Illinois, though we could soon slip behind Chicago or the Quad Cities, which are each a fraction of a cent behind us. We’re at $3.22 a gallon, four cents above the state average. We dropped almost two cents since yesterday, about a cent more than the state as a whole. Quincy dropped four cents since yesterday and seven cents in two days. Champaign now has the lowest prices in the state, at $3.02 a gallon, having dropped 3 cents since yesterday and 10 cents since Monday. The state average is two cents above the national average; Illinois is tied for 12th-highest gas prices in the country.

Diesel: Rockford increased to eighth out of 11 metro areas in the state at $3.69 a gallon, more than six cents below the state average. We gained more than three cents since yesterday, while the state gained more than one cent. Chicago remains the highest at $3.85 a gallon. Bloomington, Danville and Peoria all joined us with three-cent hikes, while the only decreases were by about a cent or less. The state average remains 11 cents higher than the national average; Illinois has the 10th-highest diesel prices in the country.