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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).

RegionCurrent Price*One Week AgoOne Month AgoOne 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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