The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County dropped Friday to its lowest amount since March 27, decreasing one-tenth of a cent for the second consecutive day.
The average price of $3.567 is 1.1 cents less than one week ago and 3.5 cents lower than one month ago but 35.2 cents more than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped 3.5 cents since the start of the year.
The average price has dropped for four consecutive days, decreasing 1.3 cents, after not changing by more than one-tenth of a cent each of the three previous days.
“While concerns about the coronavirus are pushing down demand for oil and gasoline nationwide, locally our gas prices are more affected by the performance of our refineries,” said Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California’s corporate communications manager.
“Once gas stations start selling the more expensive summer blend of gasoline, which will happen over the next couple of weeks, we could see price increases that reflect both the increased production costs and the constrained supply if these unplanned refinery issues aren’t quickly resolved.”