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SALT LAKE CITY — Regular gasoline was selling at an average price of $3.78 a gallon in Utah last week, according to the American Automobile Association's State Gas Price Average survey.
That was the fifth highest average price in the nation, behind California, Hawaii and Nevada, but higher than Oregon, Idaho and even Alaska. AAA's Aldo Vazquez says prices have been rising faster in Utah and the West than in many other parts of the United States.
"Since last Thursday, 10 states saw the largest increase in their averages, and Utah was first on that list with about a 10-cent increase," Vazquez told KSL Newsradio.
Texas and other states across the South have the lowest prices in the country. In Mississippi, the average price was $2.78 per gallon — a full dollar lower than in Utah.
"That has a lot to do with the fact that there aren't as many refineries on the West Coast as there are on the East Coast and especially the South," Vazquez said.
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