Today’s fuel price musings - other parts of the country are starting to catch up

January 16th, 2009 at 05:26pm Thomas V. Bona

Prices have stabilized in Rockford in the $1.90s, while the rest of the nation rises. We’re a bit closer to the national average and we’re falling in the ranking of metro areas. Barring an oil spike, I expect that trend to continue.

Here are the prices (courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford rose a fraction of a cent to remain at $1.92 a gallon. We’ve fallen to sixth in the state and are tied as 67th-highest of the nation’s 280 metro areas. The Illinois average rose more than a cent to $1.96. The national average rose almost two cents to $1.82. Illinois is tied with the sixth-highest gas prices in the nation, including the District of Columbia. Alaska, California and Hawaii average more than $2 a gallon.

Diesel: Rockford rose more than three cents to $2.46 a gallon. We have the fifth-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average rose a cent to $2.55. The national average remained at $2.43. Illinois has the 15th-highest diesel prices in the country. Only Alaska and Hawaii remain above $3 a gallon.

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