Gas Prices Falling In New Jersey
Prices at the pump continued to drop this week in New Jersey.
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Prices at the pump continued to drop this week in New Jersey.
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The rising gas prices are putting a damper on demand and big profit pressure on individual station owners.
With gas prices reaching the stratosphere, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is mounting an aggressive campaign against price gouging. But some lawmakers say there may be a way to give drivers a cash break at the pump.
It's been sticker shock at the gas pumps for more than a month. Almost daily, there have been price hikes, adding 45 cents to the cost of each gallon. But are our elected officials willing to do something about the skyrocketing prices?
The average price for a gallon of gas has jumped twenty-seven cents since Christmas and has hit a season high. Families are running fewer errands and spending more time shopping at malls, trying to get necessities from several stores at once.
Gas prices have skyrocketed in recent weeks, putting an added burden on many already struggling to get by.
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According to the Lundberg Survey, a gallon of regular-octane gasoline costs an average of $3.75 on Long Island. That's well above the national average of $3.32.
Motorists have been seeing higher prices at the pump in New Jersey lately.
Oil analyst Tom Kloza said that, on balance, we'll see better prices next year, but the days of $1.39 a gallon gas are gone.
Motorists in New Jersey have been seeing sharply dropping prices at the pumps in recent the past week.
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Analysts said gas prices in New Jersey should continue to drop as demand goes down.
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The price jumped 11 cents in the Garden State and Friday's weekly increase was something even Jersey drivers consider high.
Franchise owners reportedly claim they are being gouged by the company, saying they are forced to pay anywhere from 5 to 20 cents more per gallon than their competitors.
According to AAA, about 33 million people hit the road for the end-of-summer holiday weekend. But there are high gas prices across the country and across the Tri-State Area.
Tri-State Area residents on the move this holiday weekend are paying for it, with record-high Labor Day weekend gas prices. And for those that are deciding to break the law, they're really paying for it.
The Lundberg Survey of fuel prices puts the average price for a gallon of regular at $3.69, about 8 cents higher than the same time last year.
AAA Mid-Atlantic said that the average price of regular gasoline in New Jersey on Friday was $3.29, down four cents from last week. It's also much less than the price from a year ago, when motorists were paying $3.58.
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