Lundberg: Average Price of Gasoline Rises to $2.02
he average national retail price of gasoline rose 8 cents per gallon over the past two weeks, fueled by the record price of crude oil, according to the Lundberg survey of stations nationwide.
From Sept. 24 through Friday, the combined national average for all grades of gas rose to $2.02 a gallon, the survey found. Self-serve regular, the biggest seller, now costs $1.99 a gallon; midgrade is $2.09, and premium is $2.18, Lundberg said.
Prices have gone up 13.07 cents since Sept. 10, when the combined national average for all grades was $1.89 a gallon. Before then, pump prices had been sliding since May 21, when they reached a peak of $2.10 a gallon.
The nation's most expensive gas during the past two weeks was sold in San Diego, where self-serve regular was $2.35 a gallon. The cheapest was in Houston, where self-serve regular was $1.84.
