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FRAMINGHAM – Massachusetts’s average gas price is up three cents from last week ($2.74), averaging $2.77 per gallon, according toi AAA Northeast, which has an office in Framingham.
Today’s price is 1 cent higher than a month ago ($2.76), and 83 cents higher than April 26, 2020 ($1.94).
Massachusetts’s average gas price is 11 cents lower than the national average.
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“Both demand and supply have steadily increased over the last several weeks,” said Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast Director of Public and Government Affairs, in a press release. “The jump in demand combined with a small increase in supply pushed the national gas price average two cents more expensive on the week to $2.88. This is the largest one-week national jump we’ve seen in five weeks.”
AAA Northeast’s April 26 survey of fuel prices found the current national average to be 1 cent higher than last week ($2.87), averaging $2.88 a gallon.
Today’s national average price is 2 cents higher than a month ago ($2.86), and $1.11 higher than this day last year ($1.77).
| Region | Current Price* | One Week Ago | One Month Ago | One Year Ago | |||||
| Massachusetts | $2.77 | $2.74 | $2.76 | $1.94 | |||||
| Rhode Island | $2.80 | $2.77 | $2.78 | $1.93 | |||||
| Connecticut | $2.91 | $2.88 | $2.89 | $1.94 |
*Prices as of April 26, 2021
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AAA Northeast is a not-for-profit auto club with 71 offices in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New Hampshire and New York, providing more than 6 million local AAA members with travel, insurance, finance, and auto-related services.
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