Southern California Gas Prices Inch Down From Record High
18 October 2000
Southern California Gas Prices Inch Down From Record High
LOS ANGELES--Oct. 17, 2000--Southern California fuel prices have backed away slightly from record levels reached in September, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California Fuel Gauge Report.The price for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel is $1.80 down from $1.81 on Sept. 19. The state average dropped two cents to $1.84.
Northern Californians continue to pay more than $2 per gallon for regular fuel in many places. San Francisco drivers pay an average of $2.06 a gallon -- down a penny. The average in Las Vegas is $1.78, down two cents from September.
Nationally, average fuel prices for regular unleaded gasoline dropped three cents in the past month to $1.55 a gallon.
California still has the most expensive gasoline in 48 states. Only Hawaii has a higher state average at $1.94 per gallon.
The slight decrease can be attributed to lower seasonal demand for gasoline as well as a drop in wholesale gasoline futures prices to below 90 cents per gallon. Further price reductions have been dampened by traders' concerns over Middle Eastern tensions, which have a tendency to move crude oil prices higher. Crude prices closed at more than $33 per barrel this week for the first time in three weeks.
In Southern California, the averages for regular and premium grades of gasoline are listed below:
County Unl Pre Imperial County El Centro 2.029 2.206 Inyo County Bishop 2.076 2.209 Kern County Bakersfield 1.901 2.051 Ridgecrest 1.867 1.989 Los Angeles County Alhambra 1.696 1.889 Arcadia 1.740 1.869 Burbank 1.710 1.911 Culver City 1.779 1.949 Glendale 1.715 1.839 Glendora 1.719 1.819 Inglewood 1.738 1.889 Lancaster 1.806 1.993 Long Beach 1.740 1.926 Los Angeles 1.741 1.903 Manhattan Beach 1.767 1.979 Montebello 1.755 1.892 Santa Monica 1.768 1.939 Van Nuys 1.690 1.859 Whittier 1.724 1.891 Woodland Hills 1.741 1.900 Orange County Anaheim 1.703 1.887 Fullerton 1.659 1.819 Huntington Bch 1.677 1.874 La Habra 1.698 1.739 Laguna Beach 1.801 1.914 Newport Beach 1.799 1.969 San Clemente 1.846 1.974 Tustin 1.759 1.889 Riverside County Blythe 1.948 2.079 Hemet 1.779 1.859 Palm Springs 1.842 1.986 Riverside 1.720 1.875 San Bernardino County Redlands 1.771 1.919 San Bernardino 1.732 1.909 Victorville 1.765 2.003 San Diego County Chula Vista 1.890 2.082 Del Mar 1.904 2.069 Escondido 1.850 1.976 Oceanside 1.869 2.057 San Diego 1.884 2.051 San Luis Obispo County San Luis Obispo 1.808 1.999 Santa Barbara County Lompoc 1.889 2.007 Santa Barbara 1.961 2.139 Santa Maria 1.856 1.979 Tulare County Porterville 1.913 2.009 Visalia 1.914 2.010 Ventura County Ventura 1.864 2.019 So. Calif. Avg. 1.804 1.957
The Auto Club's Fuel Gauge Report is based on data gathered from monitoring fuel transactions at 2,800 Southern California gas stations. Oil Price Information Service -- the nation's most comprehensive source of petroleum pricing information, provides the data.
