Despite Hurricane Florence battering the East Coast, AAA says the national gasoline price average is holding steady at $2.85.
AAA spokesperson Marilyn Buskohl says gas prices haven’t seen much movement because unlike the Gulf Coast, which is home to dozens of refineries, the Carolinas house only pipelines and terminals. This means US crude processing isn’t impacted and therefore neither are gas prices nationally. And while fuel availability at stations is a concern, AAA expects station outages to be short-lived.
In South Dakota, the current average gas price is $2.83, up 3 cents from last week, down 3 cents from a month ago and 29 cents more than a year ago.
