NEW: Gas Prices Dropping in RI
Monday, January 21, 2013
For the first time this year, gas prices in Rhode Island have dropped.
Two weeks after the state saw its first weekly increase in gas prices in three months, AAA Southern New England reported today that prices are down two cents over the last seven days.
AAA’s January 21st survey of prices in the Ocean State found an average price of $3.519 per gallon for self-serve, regular unleaded, roughly the same price they were a month ago.
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AAA found a price range of 36 cents this week, from a low of $3.399 to a high of $3.759.
Midgrade prices, meanwhile, were an average of $3.739 in the state, down five cents from last week, while premium and diesel prices stood at $3.889 and $4.079, respectively.
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