HOUSTON – If it felt a little more expensive to fill up this week, you’re not imagining it.
Gas prices across Texas ticked up after a major winter storm disrupted parts of the fuel supply chain, according to the latest AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch. The statewide average for regular unleaded is now $2.50 a gallon, about five cents higher than this time last week, but still well below where prices were a year ago.
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In the Houston area, drivers are seeing prices climb as stations adjust following the freeze. While prices here remain below the national average, AAA Texas says the storm created the kind of one-two punch that often leads to higher costs at the pump: tighter supply and increased demand.
Across Texas, prices vary widely. Drivers in Corpus Christi are paying the most on average at $2.64 a gallon, while motorists in the Lubbock area are seeing the lowest prices at about $2.27. Nationally, the average price for regular unleaded is $2.87 a gallon, up two cents from last week but 25 cents cheaper than this time last year…