BRANCH COUNTY, MI (WTVB) – Gas prices at some Branch County service stations went up by 30 cents a gallon on Monday to as high as $4.19 ending almost three months of steady declines.
After declining for 98 consecutive days, the national average reversed course last week as fluctuating oil prices and tight supply due to planned and unplanned maintenance work at refineries on the West Coast and Midwest contribute to rising pump prices. Prices have been going down since the record highs of early June when you had to pay $5.19 a gallon. Gasbuddy.com reports the nation’s average gas price has posted a rise of 3.2 cents from a week ago on Monday to $3.67 per gallon. Gas prices in Michigan are up 13 cents from a week ago, with AAA Michigan saying on Monday that drivers are now paying an average of $3.94 per gallon for regular unleaded. That price is seven cents more than this time last month and 70 cents more than this time last year.
Motorists are paying an average of $59 for a full 15-gallon tank of gasoline; an increase of about $8 from 2021’s highest price last November.
(Ken Delaney contributed to this report)
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