AAA Texas: Weekend Gas Watch; Pump Prices Begin to Stabilize
HOUSTON--Sept. 9, 2005--Retail gasoline prices appear to be stabilizing following the biggest one-week price spike ever recorded, according to AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch.The statewide average price for regular self-serve skyrocketed to $2.939 a gallon - up 31.1 cents in only a week. The current average is $1.021 higher than last year's average.
"Consumers are paying a dollar more for a gallon of gasoline than what they paid only a year ago," said Rose Rougeau, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "The recent price spikes following Hurricane Katrina were due to several refineries and oil pipelines in Louisiana and the Gulf Coast being shut down due to hurricane damage. However, we've seen prices begin to level out in many Texas communities during the past two days, so we may have seen the peak."
The national average for regular self-serve gasoline is $3.030 a gallon - a weekly increase of 35 cents.
AAA Texas' Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline at popular destinations for automobile trips.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 A.M., September 9, 2005: Weekly Area 9/9/05 Change 9/2/05 ---- ------ ------ ------ National $3.030 35.0 cents $2.680 State $2.939 31.1 cents $2.628 Austin-San Marcos $2.902 32.5 cents $2.577 Beaumont $2.889 29.8 cents $2.591 Corpus Christi $2.827 31.6 cents $2.511 Dallas $2.994 30.2 cents $2.692 Ft. Worth $2.977 30.4 cents $2.673 Galveston-Texas City $2.967 33.2 cents $2.635 Houston $2.955 32.4 cents $2.631 San Antonio $2.880 31.7 cents $2.563 Weekly 2004 Area 8/19/05 Change 8/12/05 New Record High Average ---- ------- ------ ------- --------------- ------- National $2.586 +18.9 cents $2.397 $3.057 (9/5/05) $2.038 State $2.536 +22.0 cents $2.316 $2.964 (9/4/05) $1.918 Austin- San Marcos $2.483 +20.7 cents $2.276 $2.918 (9/6/05) $1.909 Beaumont $2.520 +23.9 cents $2.281 $2.930 (9/4/05) $1.899 Corpus Christi $2.474 +19.3 cents $2.281 $2.929 (9/3/05) $1.880 Dallas $2.600 +23.9 cents $2.361 $3.019 (9/4/05) $1.922 Ft. Worth $2.587 +24.2 cents $2.345 $3.012 (9/4/05) $1.922 Galveston- Texas City $2.581 +24.6 cents $2.335 $2.997 (9/4/05) $1.913 Houston $2.562 +24.2 cents $2.320 $2.971 (9/6/05) $1.900 San Antonio $2.464 +19.9 cents $2.265 $2.909 (9/4/05) $1.928