The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Los Angeles region reached $6.26 on Thursday morning.
A trip from the Bay Area to Southern California highlights the miserable state of the charging network available to many electric vehicle drivers.“Planned and unplanned refinery maintenance issues have tightened fuel supply in [California],” said Anlleyn Venegas, a spokesperson for the Automobile Club of Southern California.
“West Coast fuel inventories are at the lowest level in about a decade, according to [the U.S. Energy Information Administration].” Venegas said people should expect pump prices to remain volatile until those refineries return to full operations. The majority of California counties are looking at prices above $6 a gallon Thursday, according to AAA. The lowest average price was $5.77 in Sutter County, just north of Sacramento. Mono County, along the Nevada border, has the highest average price, at $6.84 a gallon. The state’s average was $6.18 per gallon, which is still significantly higher than a year ago, when average prices were just below $4.40, according to AAA. LA Times Today: California vows to ban gas-fueled cars. But its record on big climate promises is mixedPrices across the U.S. have also been increasing, with Thursday’s nationwide average reaching $3.78, up about 10 cents from a week ago. Venegas said Californians could begin to see some relief at the pump come November, when winter-blend fuels enter the market, which are typically cheaper to produce.
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