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FRAMINGHAM – Massachusetts’s average gas price is up seven cents from last week ($2.27), averaging $2.34 per gallon, accoridng to AAA Northeast, which has an office in Framingham off Route 9.
Today’s price is 19 cents higher than a month ago ($2.15), and 24 cents cheaper than January 18, 2020 ($2.58).
Massachusetts’s average gas price is 4 cents lower than the national average.
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“These rising prices were expected as supply tightens and crude oil gets more expensive,” said Mary Maguire, AAA Northeast Director of Public and Government Affairs, in a press release.
AAA Northeast’s January 18 survey of fuel prices found the current national average to be 7 cents higher than last week ($2.31), averaging $2.38 a gallon. Today’s national average price is 17 cents higher than a month ago ($2.21), and 17 cents cheaper than this day last year ($2.55).
| Region | Current Price* | One Week Ago | One Month Ago | One Year Ago | |||||
| Massachusetts | $2.34 | $2.27 | $2.15 | $2.58 | |||||
| Rhode Island | $2.34 | $2.26 | $2.15 | $2.58 | |||||
| Connecticut | $2.43 | $2.34 | $2.20 | $2.67 |
*Prices as of January 18, 2021
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AAA Northeast is a not-for-profit auto club with 70 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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