Gas Prices Decline Slightly, Hover Over $3 In Trabuco Canyon

TRABUCO CANYON, CA — Though gas prices have reportedly dropped across Los Angeles County and Orange County, the cost of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline remains over $3 per gallon. Tuesday is first daily decrease in gas prices since Aug. 25.

The increasing fuel prices were the result of disruption to "the entire supply chain" caused by Hurricane Harvey even though "California's gasoline and oil supplies do not come from the Gulf Coast," said Jeffrey Spring, the Automobile Club of Southern California's corporate communications manager.

The average price rose for 15 consecutive days, increasing 18.1 cents to its highest amount since Sept. 21, 2015, was unchanged Sunday and rose one- tenth of a cent on Monday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.
The average price is 2.9 cents more than one week ago, 19.9 cents higher than one month ago and 41.9 cents greater than one year ago.

A 13-day streak of increases to the Orange County average price ended Tuesday with a decrease of four-tenths of a cent to $3.171. The average price rose 16.8 cents during the streak, including two-tenths of a cent on Monday, to its highest amount since Sept. 18, 2015.

The Orange County average price is 2.5 cents more than one week ago, 20 cents higher than one month ago and 41.1 cents greater than one year ago.

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