Tri-Cities Gas Guide for July 4, 2013: Prices Continue to Drop

National average gasoline prices continued their decline, dropped 5.1 cents per gallon over the past week and 14.2 cents per gallon of regular gasoline from a month ago.

Meantime, Tri-Cities gas prices well below the statewide average price of a gallon of regular gasoline, which was $3.700 Wednesday.

The 7-Eleven at South Randall and West Main Street in St. Charles, and the paid-membership gas stations Sam’s Club in Batavia had the lowest prices per gallon of regular gasoline in the Tri-Cities on Wednesday, according to Illinois Gas Prices.

AAA’s Daily Fuel Gauge Report showed that nationally, the average price for a gallon of regular gasoline late Wednesday was $3.477 a gallon, unchanged from a day earlier and down from $3.528 a week ago. The national average of a gallon of regular gas a month ago was $3.619, and was $3.336 a year ago. The highest recorded national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline was $4.114 on July 17, 2008.

Regular, price per gallon | Community

St. Charles

$3.31 7-Eleven, 51 S. Randall Road at West Main Street

$3.33 BP, 1505 Lincoln Highway at Bricher Road

Meijer, 855 S. Randall Road at Lincoln Highway

$3.35 Costco*, 221 S. Randall Road near Oak

Geneva

$3.74 Mobil, 1122 E. State St., near South Glengarry

$3.59 Marathon, 1501 E. State St. and Kirk Road

Shell, 1491 E. State St. and Kirk Road

$3.69 CITGO, 618 S. 1st St. near South 3rd Street

Batavia

$3.37 Sam’s Club*, 501 N. Randall Road and Fabyan Parkway

$3.39 BP, 200 N. Randall Road and McKee Street

Mobil, 2074 Main St. and Randall Road

Shell, 164 S. Randall Road and Main Street

$3.53 Mobil, 27 N. Batavia Ave. and Houston Street

Shell, 108 N. Batavia Ave. and Houston Street

* Annual membership required.

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