The average price for gas in Oregon reached over $4 a gallon on Wednesday, according to a report.
Nationally, the average is just over $3.65, according to the American Automobile Association. It also reports that Oregon gas costs roughly $2.96 a gallon one year ago.
Reporter Marilyn Deutsch captured one of the highest prices in the state in a tweet.
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“Most gas prices are not this high but they were selling gas for more than $6 a gallon at one station in Portland,” Deutsch said in a tweet on Wednesday.
Most gas prices are not this high but they were selling gas for more than $6 a gallon at one station in Portland. Most prices now are just over $4 a gallon. #fox12Oregon #gasprices #russianinvasion pic.twitter.com/5RhBIsKhCI
— Marilyn Deutsch (@marilyndeutsch) March 2, 2022
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This latest hike comes without the tax Washington state is lobbying to charge Oregon for its exported fuel. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown claims it could “pit Oregon against Washington.”
Oregon is now the third most expensive market for gas, alongside California in first with $4.82 and Hawaii in second with $4.54.
The remaining Top 10 include Nevada at $4.02, Washington state at $4.00, Alaska at $3.88, Illinois at $3.85, Arizona at $3.81, New York at $3.80, and Washington, D.C., at $3.77.
Still, Oregon wasn’t among the states that saw the Top 10 largest increases this week. Michigan increased by 18 cents, South Carolina by 16 cents, Kansas by 15 cents, Missouri by 15 cents, Indiana by 14 cents, Illinois by 14 cents, Tennessee by 14 cents, Georgia by 13 cents, North Carolina by 12 cents, and Arizona by 10 cents.
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AAA pointed to the Russian invasion as a driving cause of national gas price increases.
“Eight cents more than a week ago,” it said in a statement Monday.
