Falling gas prices still higher than a year ago in Mass.
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Gas station on Shrewsbury Street in Worcester
There are 34 states with gas prices that are lower than at this time last year, but Massachusetts is not one of them.
The average price of a gallon of gas fell 12 cents in Massachusetts over the past week. At $3.54, gas prices here are 32 cents lower than a month ago, but still 14 cents higher than on Dec. 12, 2021, AAA reported.
"The seasonal pattern of less driving due to shorter days and crummy weather, combined with a lower oil cost, is driving gas prices lower," Mary Maguire of AAA Northeast said on Monday. "If this trend continues, many states could see their average prices fall below $3 a gallon by early next year."
The national gas price plunged 14 cents since last week to $3.26, six cents less than a year ago.
House and Senate Democrats this year turned down gas tax relief proposals before agreeing to about $1 billion in tax relief that featured rebates meant to help with the pinch of high inflation and gas prices. However, that plan was then shelved in favor of $3 billion in tax rebates required under a 1986 law that offered little in the way of relief to lower-income residents and more sizeable rebates to individuals who paid more in taxes.
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