By Chris Woodyard
LOS ANGELES — Gasoline prices hit another record nationally, an average of $3.339 a gallon, in the government's latest survey released Monday.
That price for regular gasoline is up 4.2 cents a gallon from last week and 58 cents from a year ago.
Guy Caruso, head of the federal Energy Information Administration, also told reporters in Washington that gas prices have risen to a point where motorists are starting to cut their demand and he predicted prices may deter them from taking to the highways this summer in their usual numbers. If so, it would be the first decline in summer fuel consumption since 1991.
EIS expects prices to peak around $3.60 a gallon this spring and says $4 gas is unlikely on a national basis.
California recorded the highest regional price in the survey at $3.685 a gallon, up nearly 8 cents from last week, EIA reported. The lowest was in New England at $3.229 a gallon, up only 2 cents from last week.
That price for regular gasoline is up 4.2 cents a gallon from last week and 58 cents from a year ago.
Guy Caruso, head of the federal Energy Information Administration, also told reporters in Washington that gas prices have risen to a point where motorists are starting to cut their demand and he predicted prices may deter them from taking to the highways this summer in their usual numbers. If so, it would be the first decline in summer fuel consumption since 1991.
EIS expects prices to peak around $3.60 a gallon this spring and says $4 gas is unlikely on a national basis.
California recorded the highest regional price in the survey at $3.685 a gallon, up nearly 8 cents from last week, EIA reported. The lowest was in New England at $3.229 a gallon, up only 2 cents from last week.
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