Today’s fuel price musings - Be it ever so slightly, there’s no place like down

Add comment June 19th, 2009

Not much to report today - we’re still dropping some while the rest of the country rises. But our neighbors in Chicago have stopped falling, indicating a possible floor for us too. I guess we’ll see how the weekend plays out.D
Here are the prices from this morning (courtesy of AAA’s fuelgaugereport.com):

Gasoline: Rockford dropped three cents to $2.81 a gallon today, a seven-cent drop in the past week. We’re second in the state and  52nd of the nation’s 280 metro areas.  Chicago remains ahead of us at $2.90. The Illinois average remained at $2.83 a gallon, down  just a cent in the past week. The national average rose slightly but remained at $2.69 a gallon, up five cents in the past week. Illinois has the sixth-highest gas prices in the nation, including the District of Columbia

Diesel: Rockford rose three cents to $2.69 a gallon, an eight-cent increase in the past week and 46-cent hike in the past month. If this keeps up, diesel could pass gasoline again soon. We have the second-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average rose slightly but stayed at $2.67. The national average rose a cent to $2.62. Illinois has the 13th-highest diesel prices in the country, including the District of Columbia.