According to AAA, drivers are saving more than $1 per gallon ($1.01) from the 2015 peak price reached this past June, and the national average has spent 32 consecutive days below the $2 per gallon benchmark. Yesterday’s average price of $1.80 per gallon is the lowest price for gasoline since January 2009.
Gas prices have fallen for 24 of the past 26 days, and the combination of seasonal reductions in gasoline demand and the relatively lower price for crude oil are likely to help keep prices low in the near term. Retail averages are discounted by three cents per gallon
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