RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – Gas prices across the nation are soaring and we are experiencing a surge in prices locally, too.
The national average gas price is $3.53, according to AAA. In Nevada, the average price is $4.39, up nearly a dollar. Washoe County is facing even higher prices at the pump. Right now, the people are paying close to $5.
“In Oregon, the gas was $4.03 a gallon for regular. Here it is $4.59. I have seen it in California, it is over 6 bucks,” said Jerry Grissom, who has been traveling through California, Nevada and back to Oregon. “I fill up here purposely because my car with a full tank will get me all the way home and I won’t have to use California gas.”
California’s average price is just over $5, which impacts Nevadans because most of the gas is from refineries in San Francisco or Los Angeles.
Local business owners are experiencing pain at the pump. “It’s very painful, added Clay Wilson, the owner of CW Graphics. “I am out making a delivery right now. I got to pay the prices to make my deliveries. We got to make the deliveries to get paid so we can afford the gas.”
Grissom told KOLO 8 News Now, he spends a lot of time road trips and doesn’t let the price at the pump stop him, but he senses an expensive cycle. “Gas prices are going up. I do watch the stock market and I watch everything there. The price of oil is going up, the barrel all the time,” said Grissom. “When I see it go up, I know that I am going to pay more. I used to live in California, they switched gasses, so come Memorial Day, gas prices will jump again.”
Many people have resulted in filling up half or a quarter of a tank. “It goes up and down quite a bit but it’s tough to get a tank of gas,” said Wilson. “I come down here and I want to fill the tank but it hurts man, so we do about a half tank these days.”
If you plan on traveling, AAA provides a gas cost calculator. This allows you to map out and calculate how much you will pay at the pump.
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