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Gas Prices Are Highest In Over Three Years In San Diego County
The average price has risen 14 consecutive days, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose Wednesday to its highest amount in more than three years, increasing 2.9 cents to $3.797.
The average price has risen 14 consecutive days, increasing 16 cents, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price is 11.3 cents more than one week ago, 17.3 cents higher than one month ago and 71.9 cents greater than one year ago. It has risen 67.5 cents since the start of the year.
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The run of rising prices is the result of two Southern California refineries experiencing unplanned shutdowns, causing supply concerns, and an approximately 8 percent increase in the price of oil over the past month "over supply concerns resulting from the Iran sanctions and continuing falling production levels in Venezuela," Marie Montgomery of the Automobile Club of Southern California told City News Service.
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