(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are eight cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.30 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. The national average for a gallon of gas has fallen to $3.00 per gallon for the first time since May of 2021 as the holiday season begins. The average price for a regular gallon of gasoline that you can expect here in Beaver County is around $3.34 and at this time a year ago, the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania was about $3.34. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various areas:

$3.255      Altoona
$3.343      Beaver
$3.505      Bradford
$3.125      Brookville
$3.250      Butler
$3.134      Clarion
$3.165      DuBois
$3.274      Erie
$3.227      Greensburg
$3.360      Indiana
$3.350      Jeannette
$3.453      Kittanning
$3.259      Latrobe
$3.286      Meadville
$3.417      Mercer
$3.188      New Castle
$3.304      New Kensington
$3.363      Oil City
$3.340      Pittsburgh
$3.192      Sharon
$3.289      Uniontown
$3.549      Warren
$3.263      Washington