Overview
- AAA reports the national average for regular gas edged down to $4.153 per gallon, the first decline since the ceasefire was announced.
- San Diego County’s average fell 1.8 cents to $5.951, the biggest one-day drop there since December, according to AAA and the Oil Price Information Service.
- The pullback comes after weeks of sharp gains driven by winter refinery outages and Iran-related turmoil that included a Strait of Hormuz closure.
- GasBuddy analyst Patrick De Haan says any retreat will be slow because stations lower prices only after selling higher-cost fuel already in their tanks.
- Prices remain elevated versus recent baselines, up about 62 cents from a month ago and above last year’s $3.222 level, with California highest at $5.916, AAA data show.