AAA Reports Fuel Prices Drop 12 Cents Since Holidays

    BELLEVUE, Wash., Feb. 13 AAA Washington reports the
average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline has decreased 12 cents
since the Christmas-New Years holiday.  The average price now is $1.495 per
gallon, 9.1 cents higher than February last year.

    Nationally the average price of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline has
increased 1.5 cents in the last month to an average price of $1.492 per
gallon, 13.1 cents higher than a year ago.

                          Area by Area Comparison of
                   Self-serve Regular Unleaded Fuel Prices

     City             Presidents'          Holiday           Presidents'
                       Day 2001          Season 2000          Day 2000

    Bellevue             1.558              1.723               1.536
    Bellingham           1.540              1.588               1.415
    Bremerton            1.435              1.563               1.380
    Everett              1.503              1.620               1.393
    Lynnwood             1.563              1.656               1.410
    Olympia              1.395              1.595                 N/A
    Renton               1.540              1.647               1.398
    Seattle              1.616              1.715               1.447
    Tacoma               1.480              1.628               1.385
    Tri-Cities           1.425              1.571               1.300
    Vancouver            1.412              1.568               1.377
    Wenatchee            1.505              1.572               1.415
    Yakima               1.466              1.547               1.393
    Averages             1.495              1.615               1.404