PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Gas prices are up again in Rhode Island, to an average $2.79 for a gallon of regular unleaded.
AAA Northeast finds in its weekly survey released Monday that the price of a gallon of regular rose 1 cent from last week.
That price is 6 cents higher than a month ago and 3 cents more than the national average of $2.76 per gallon.
Gas in Rhode Island still costs much less than it did a year ago at this time, when it cost 95 cents more per gallon. At that time, a gallon of regular was averaging $3.74.
AAA found that self-serve, regular gas is now selling for as low as $2.65 per gallon and as high as $2.99 in Rhode Island.
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