{"id":2488471,"date":"2025-09-19T07:09:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-soaring-costs-at-the-pumps-along-the-west-coast\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:12:37","slug":"gas-prices-soaring-costs-at-the-pumps-along-the-west-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-soaring-costs-at-the-pumps-along-the-west-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices: Soaring costs at the pumps along the West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgas-prices-soaring-costs-at-the-pumps-along-the-west-coast%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2488471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-costs-continue-to-fall-across-the-country-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: Costs continue to fall across the ... - Washington Examiner\">article discusses recent trends<\/a> in gas prices across the united States, highlighting notably high fuel costs along the West Coast. While the national average price for regular gasoline remains fairly steady around $3.20 per gallon, prices in California, Oregon, and Washington have surged above $4.20 per gallon over the past month. California currently has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/average-u-s-gas-price-3-44-a-gallon-the-highest-since-2014\/\" title=\"Average U.S. ... ... ....44 a ..., the highest since 2014\">highest average price<\/a> at $4.656 per gallon,followed closely by Washington,Hawaii,Oregon,and Nevada. In contrast, states along the Gulf Coast, such as Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, and Tennessee, enjoy the lowest gas prices, with Mississippi having the cheapest at $2.708 per gallon. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-to-include-ukraine-aid-in-government-funding-bill-pelosi-says\/\" title=\"House To Include Ukraine Aid In Government Funding Bill, Pelosi Says\">gas prices nationwide<\/a> have remained relatively stable over recent months, with summer prices this year being the lowest since 2021, according to the U.S. Energy Data Administration.approximately 20 states have average prices under $3 per gallon, reflecting a generally affordable market outside of the West Coast. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Gas prices: Soaring costs at the pumps along the West Coast<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2234377\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gas-prices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gas prices<\/a> remained steady for most of the country on Friday. The national average price for regular gas is $3.199 per gallon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yet while the national average has not changed much, fuel costs have soared on the West Coast in recent weeks. Statewide averages for gas prices in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a>, Oregon, and Washington have increased over the last month. Prices in those states remain much higher than the national average, with fuel costs over a $4.20 per-gallon price point in each state.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3810539\/mark-teixeira-seeks-gop-nomination-texas-house-seat\/\">Is Mark Teizeira going from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >big league baseball diamonds<\/a> to the halls of Congress?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3785870\/trump-waiting-game-foes-bet-policy-changes-reversible\/\">Trump foes are making risky bets that his deep changes to US policy are fleeting and reversible<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3807553\/trump-attempt-pocket-rescission-cut-billions-dollars-foreign-aid-government-shutdown\/\">Trump attempts pocket rescission to cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; height: 0px; padding: 100% 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; will-change: transform;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e.infogram.com\/bdc07528-2e2b-416b-ba52-abf34cf63783?src=embed&amp;embed_type=responsive_iframe\" title=\"Gas Prices\" allowfullscreen allow=\"fullscreen\" style=\"position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0px; left: 0px; border: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Across most of the country, gas prices are well within the $3 per gallon range. Over the last week, they have fluctuated between $3.188 and $3.203 per gallon. <a href=\"https:\/\/gasprices.aaa.com\/state-gas-price-averages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to AAA<\/a>, those prices are slightly more expensive than a month ago, when the national average cost for a gallon of regular gas was $3.13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>However, this price range for gas has been the norm for the last few months. On Sept. 2, the day after Labor Day, the national average price for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3789375\/gas-prices-higher-than-expected-labor-day\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gas was $3.186 per gallon<\/a>. In mid-August, the average price <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3500787\/gas-prices-steady-heading-into-middle-of-month\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was $3.153 per gallon<\/a>. Toward the end of July, the average cost for a gallon of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3485885\/gas-prices-steady-last-week-july\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">regular gas was $3.14<\/a>, and at the beginning of July, gas <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3466311\/gas-prices-continue-fall-after-july-4th-holiday\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was $3.171 per gallon<\/a>. At the beginning of June, the average price for a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3428102\/gas-prices-drop-in-fuel-costs-to-begin-june\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gallon of gas was $3.141<\/a>. On the last day of April, a gallon of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gas-prices-consecutive-days-of-decreases-at-the-pumps-to-end-july-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"...: Consecutive days of decreases at the pumps to end July - Washington Examiner\">regular gas averaged <\/a>.182 per gallon throughout the nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3802455\/foreign-leaders-world-reaction-charlie-kirk-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FOREIGN LEADERS REMEMBER CHARLIE KIRK AS DEFENDER OF FREEDOM AFTER ACTIVIST&rsquo;S ASSASSINATION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This summer&rsquo;s gas prices were the lowest for a summer season since 2021, according to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/dnav\/pet\/hist\/leafhandler.ashx?f=m&amp;n=pet&amp;s=emm_epm0_pte_nus_dpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Energy Information Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most gas price experts suggest a $3-per-gallon price point as a reasonable cost in today&rsquo;s market when analyzing the affordability of nationwide gas prices. With fuel costs remaining steady the last few months and less expensive than earlier in 2025, the number of states averaging less than $3 per gallon has increased compared to 2024. However, the total number of states at this price point for gas has fluctuated over the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, there are 20 states with average gas prices lower than $3 per gallon, the same number as during the last week of August.<\/p>\n<p>As mentioned above, gas prices in states on the West Coast have increased significantly over the last month. Different regions of the country typically have different average gas prices. The states with the most affordable gas prices are located along the Gulf of America.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444699\/timeline-increasing-incidents-political-violence-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">POLITICAL VIOLENCE ON THE RISE IN THE US: A TIMELINE OF KEY INCIDENTS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>California has the most expensive gas prices in the country at $4.656 per gallon. This is followed by Washington, which had the most expensive gas prices in the nation earlier this week, with a statewide average of $4.637 per gallon. Next is Hawaii at $4.486 per gallon, Oregon at $4.255, and Nevada at $3.924.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has the cheapest gas prices in the nation on Tuesday, at $2.708 per gallon. Oklahoma is next at $2.737, followed by Louisiana at $2.763. Texas is next at $2.771 per gallon, and Tennessee with a price of $2.795.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gas prices surge on West Coast; national average steady<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2488475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-oil-23.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[34477,32544,16349,39111,63663],"class_list":["post-2488471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-fuel-costs","tag-gas-prices","tag-gasoline","tag-rising-prices","tag-west-coast"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/gas-prices-oil-23.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2488471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2488477,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2488471\/revisions\/2488477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2488475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2488471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2488471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2488471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}