HARRISBURG – Prices at the pump nationwide have gone up for a fifth straight week, and now this latest streak of increases doesn’t appear to have an end in sight.
Gasbuddy.com reported Monday nationwide gas prices went up 9.7 cents per gallon in the past week, now averaging $3.49 per gallon. In Pennsylvania, prices at the pump increased 9.2 cents per gallon. Diesel prices also went up 5.4 cents per gallon, now averaging $4.65 per gallon.
Gasbuddy says there a few factors leading to this latest streak of increases – refinery utilization still hasn’t fully recovered from December’s cold weather, and refinery maintenance season is also right around the corner, having been deferred to this year because of last spring’s rising prices. There’s also the European Union cutting off refined products from Russia starting next Sunday.
