Today’s fuel price musings - Where are the complainers now?

June 29th, 2009 at 05:28pm Thomas V. Bona

Gas prices have now dropped 24 cents a gallon since June 9 in the Rockford region, and many places have it in the $2.60s. So much for the theory that it only goes up. This is a welcome break before July 4, but with $70 a barrel oil, I wonder if it will last.

Working on a story for the weekend about where prices seem to be headed. Any questions out there?

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

Gasoline: Rockford dropped almost two cents to $2.69 a gallon today. We’re third in the state and  81st of the nation’s 280 metro areas. The Illinois average dropped slightly but stayed at $2.76 a gallon. The national average dropped slightly but stayed at $2.64 a gallon. Illinois has the eighth-highest gas prices in the nation, including the District of Columbia.

Diesel: Diesel prices had slipped ahead of gas prices over the weekend, but dropped back. Rockford dropped more than a cent to $2.68 a gallon. We have the third-highest diesel prices in the state. The state average stayed at $2.69. The national average remained at $2.63. Illinois has the 14th-highest diesel prices in the country, including the District of Columbia.

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