Gas prices took a slight dip the week before one of the busiest traveling weekends of the year.
Prices at the pump in Maine have fallen 1.4 cents per gallon in the past week, according to a GasBuddy.com survey of 1,228 gasoline outlets in the state. The average retail gas price in Maine was $2.79 per gallon on Sunday. The national average price fell 1.3 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.78 per gallon.
The lower price is expected to hold through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, and could go lower depending on events in Greece and European markets.
“I believe gas prices nationally will eke out a third straight weekly decline – though a negative outcome in the Greece situation stands to enhance the expected downward momentum. Just 11 states saw increases during the last week, leaving 39 that saw a decline – a nice trend as we head toward July 4,” said Patrick DeHaan, GasBuddy senior petroleum analyst, in a release.
Maine gas prices on Sunday were 95.2 cents per gallon less than the same day in 2014 and 8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
The national average price increased 3.9 cents per gallon during the last month and is 89.6 cents per gallon lower than a year ago.
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