The average price of regular grade gasoline rose 21 cents in the past two weeks, bringing it to $2.54 per gallon.
Prices bottomed out on Jan 23, 2015.
However, the price for gasoline is still lower by 97 cents than it was a year ago, when the average was about $3.51 per gallon.
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The cost for crude oil is mostly unchanged. Other factors that are accountable for the climb at the pump: Refiners and retailers are making more money on gasoline and deadlines for regulations affecting the summer blend are starting to come in.
The lowest-price gasoline in the survey area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $2.16 per gallon. The highest price was in Los Angeles, at $3.48 per gallon.
Prices are highest in Los Angeles because of the summer blend regulation deadline and California’s global warming laws.
