As summer approaches, Arizona drivers are facing higher prices at the gas pump — $1 or more over the national average in some parts of the state.
While the national average for a gallon of regular was $3.63 Friday, according to daily numbers released by AAA, in Arizona it was $1 more, at $4.70. In the Phoenix metro area, the average is just over $5 a gallon.
"Before, it used to cost us probably $80 to fill up, and now it's almost double that," Phoenix driver John Baker told CBS News."We don't really go out nearly as much as we used to," Baker said."We used to go to the movies on the weekends as a family. Now we just stick to the swimming pool." Two hours south of Phoenix, in Tucson, gas prices jumped more than 80 cents per gallon in just the last month, now averaging $4.73 a gallon."They get their gas primarily from a refinery in El Paso," AAA national spokesperson Andrew Gross said."That refinery is down for maintenance. So, they're having to bring in more expensive gas from other places."OPEC cuts oil productionWhile still expensive, AAA predicts the rest of the U.S.
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