AAA: Gas prices continue to fall in R.I., Mass.

GASOLINE PRICES are continuing to fall in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, dropping 9 cents and 6 cents, respectively, from last week, AAA Northeast said. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER
GASOLINE PRICES are continuing to fall in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, dropping 9 cents and 6 cents, respectively, from last week, AAA Northeast said. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/ANDREW HARRER

PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices are continuing to fall in Rhode Island and Massachusetts, dropping 9 cents and 6 cents, respectively, from last week, AAA Northeast said.

“Falling gas prices spell good news for Labor Day travelers, who will benefit from the lowest end-of-summer prices at the pump in a decade, and are paying more than a dollar less for regular unleaded fuel than they were a year ago at this time,” Lloyd Albert, senior vice president of public and government affairs for AAA Northeast, said in a statement.

AAA Northeast’s Aug. 31 survey of prices found self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline averaging $2.39 per gallon in Rhode Island, a decrease of 9 cents from last week. Locally, prices are 29 cents lower than a month ago, and 9 cents less than the national average for regular unleaded of $2.48. A year ago, the Ocean State’s average price was $3.53.

Prices in Rhode Island range from $2.19 to $2.63, with midgrade unleaded averaging $2.72; premium unleaded, $2.88; and diesel, $2.67.

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In Massachusetts, self-serve, regular unleaded gasoline is averaging $2.35 per gallon. Locally, prices are 24 cents less than a month ago, and are 13 cents less than the national average. A year ago, the Massachusetts average price was $3.45.
Prices range from $2.17 to $2.89 in the Bay State. Other grades of gasoline cost as follows: midgrade unleaded, $2.65; premium unleaded, $2.85; and diesel, $2.69.
AAA offered the following fuel-saving tip: Service a vehicle immediately if the emissions malfunction indicator or “check engine” light comes on.

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