To the surprise of some, gas prices in the area continue to go down.
According to AAA’s weekly gas price report, the average price for a gallon of regular, unleaded, self-serve in Butler is $2.75. That’s fourteen cents cheaper- per gallon- than last week.
The average price for a gallon in western Pennsylvania as a whole is $2.92, down eight cents.
Analysts say inventories are up, which should keep gas prices stable for now, and move them even cheaper in the month ahead.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$2.682 Altoona
$2.965 Beaver
$2.997 Bradford
$3.024 Brookville
$2.752 Butler
$2.990 Clarion
$2.899 Du Bois
$2.917 Erie
$2.912 Greensburg
$2.921 Indiana
$2.978 Jeannette
$3.021 Kittanning
$2.873 Latrobe
$2.916 Meadville
$3.048 Mercer
$2.779 New Castle
$2.937 New Kensington
$2.963 Pittsburgh
$2.923 Sharon
$2.940 Uniontown
$2.998 Warren
$2.908 Washington