{"id":13367,"date":"2018-01-05T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=13367"},"modified":"2018-01-05T03:27:43","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T09:27:43","slug":"aaa-reports-tennessee-gas-prices-in-2017-were-highest-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2018\/01\/05\/aaa-reports-tennessee-gas-prices-in-2017-were-highest-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA reports Tennessee Gas Prices in 2017 Were Highest in 3 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Clarksville-Montgomery County has Second Cheapest Gas Prices in Tennessee<\/h2>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35320\" title=\"AAA\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/AAA.gif\" alt=\"AAA\" width=\"200\" height=\"122\">Nashville, TN <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8211;<\/span> In 2017, gas prices in Tennessee averaged $2.18, which was the highest annual average in three years. The upward trend has continued into 2018, as gas prices had the most expensive start to the year in&nbsp;four years. <a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225132&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee&nbsp;gas prices<\/a>&nbsp;averaged $2.26 on January 1st, averaging 13 cents more than the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s state average of $2.27&nbsp;is&nbsp;3 cents more than last&nbsp;week and 13 cents more than this time last year.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_344824\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rising-Oil-Prices.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344824\" class=\"wp-image-344824 size-medium\" title=\"Gas Prices on the Rise in 2018.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rising-Oil-Prices-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Gas Prices on the Rise in 2018.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-344824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gas Prices on the Rise in 2018.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Highest and Lowest Gas Prices in Tennessee<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>most expensive<\/strong>&nbsp;gas price averages in Tennessee are in Jackson ($2.32), Nashville ($2.28), and Memphis ($2.28)<\/li>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>least expensive<\/strong>&nbsp;gas price averages in Tennessee are in Chattanooga ($2.20), Clarksville-Hopkinsville ($2.20), and Cleveland ($2.23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;After a quick jump at the pump last week, prices are relatively stable right now across the southeastern U.S., and should begin to take a downward turn soon,&#8221; said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA &#8211; The Auto Club Group. &#8220;Gas prices normally decline during January and February, as gasoline demand hits the lowest levels of the year. The pump-price plunge has faced resistance from oil prices which have been trading at 2-year highs. Oil analysts believe the oil market is somewhat inflated due to geopolitical tensions and supply concerns, but&nbsp;prices should decline soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#C00020\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Annual Average Price of Gasoline<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><strong>National<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.39<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.37<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.29<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.12<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.12<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.07<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$1.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.40<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.36<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.29<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$3.34<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$3.34<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$3.26<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$3.13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Oil and Gas Prices to be Higher in 2018<\/h3>\n<p>Energy prices will be higher this year, according to the Energy Information Administration. The EIA expects&nbsp;gas prices to average $2.51 in 2018, 12 cents more than the annual average in 2017. The EIA also projects oil prices will average&nbsp;$52.77 per barrel, nearly $2.00 more than last year&#8217;s average.&nbsp;Oil analysts at Moody&#8217;s Investors Service expect crude oil prices to remain at $40.00-$60.00 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Oil prices got a boost toward the end of 2017, carrying into 2018. Crude settled above $60.00 during the last two sessions &#8211; the highest daily settlements since mid-2015.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;late-year boost was due to multiple supply disruptions like the North Sea Forties and Libyan pipeline outages, protests across Iran, and the cold snap across the U.S. increasing demand for heating oil. Fortunately, the pipeline issues have been resolved,&nbsp;and the protests do not appear to be impacting oil production. This should help reduce the upward pressure on oil prices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[320left]2017\u2019s increasing oil prices, especially in the fourth quarter, led to increased investment in production and drilling.<\/p>\n<p>This allowed the U.S. to reach its highest crude production level \u2014 9.637 million b\/d (October) \u2014 since April 1971, officially confirmed by EIA last week. This represents a roughly 10 percent gain from the same month in 2016 and a 167,000 b\/d increase from September 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For 2018, U.S. crude production is expected to hit 10 million b\/d for the first time ever, helping the country to meet domestic demand and expand its export prowess to countries that have growing energy demands around the globe. The total number of active rigs, 747, is 222 more than the total active number of rigs at the beginning of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>No active oil rigs were added last week, according to Baker Hughes, Inc.<\/p>\n<h3>Gas Price Tools for Reporters\/Consumers<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225131&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" ><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">GasPrices.AAA.com<\/span><\/a> &#8211; Daily national, state, and metro gas price averages.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225130&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA Mobile app<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Free app that shows&nbsp;current prices at a gas station near you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Highs and Lows of 2017*<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National<\/strong>: the highest average price for gasoline&nbsp;was $2.67 on September 8th.&nbsp;The lowest was $2.23 on July 5th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Florida<\/strong>: the highest average price in was $2.73 on September 9th.&nbsp;The lowest was $2.13 on July 17th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Georgia<\/strong>: the highest average price was $2.76 on September 12th. The lowest was $2.08 on July 5th.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tennessee<\/strong>: the highest average price was $2.60 on September 10th.&nbsp;The lowest was $1.99 on July 5th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Current and Past Price Averages<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Regular Unleaded Gasoline<\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/us.vocuspr.com\/Publish\/522440\/vcsPRAsset_522440_105553_279a6033-181d-4f41-a971-72bcb183d553_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"54\"><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Week Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Month Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One Year Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\"><strong>Highest Price on Record<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>National<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.485<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.486<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.447<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.479<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.353<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$4.114 (7\/17\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.446<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.443<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.374<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.440<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.413<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$4.079 (7\/17\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.353<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.350<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.279<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.345<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.256<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$4.164 (9\/15\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.268<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.263<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.237<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.283<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.140<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$4.118 (9\/15\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"7\" bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225129&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Click here<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;to view current gasoline price averages<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Gas Price Survey Methodology<\/h3>\n<p>AAA updates fuel price averages daily at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225128&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">www.GasPrices.AAA.com<\/span><\/a>. Every day up to 130,000 stations are surveyed based on credit card swipes and direct feeds in cooperation with the Oil Price Information Service (OPIS) and Wright Express for unmatched statistical reliability. All average retail prices in this report are for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline.<\/p>\n<h3>About The Auto Club Group<\/h3>\n<p>The Auto Club Group (ACG) is the second largest AAA club in North America.&nbsp; ACG and its affiliates provide membership, insurance, financial services and travel offerings to over 9.4 million members across eleven states and two U.S. territories including Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, North Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands; most of Illinois and Minnesota; and a portion of Indiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ACG belongs to the national AAA federation with more than 57.7 million members in the United States and Canada and whose mission includes protecting and advancing freedom of mobility and improving traffic safety.&nbsp;Motorists can map a route, identify gas prices, find discounts, book a hotel, and access AAA roadside assistance with the AAA Mobile app for iPhone, iPad and Android.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225127&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" ><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA.com\/mobile<\/span><\/a>. AAA clubs can be visited on the Internet at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c42%3b%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=225126&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" ><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarksville-Montgomery County has Second Cheapest Gas Prices in Tennessee Nashville, TN &#8211; In 2017, gas prices in Tennessee averaged $2.18, which was the highest annual average in three years. The upward trend has continued into 2018, as gas prices had the most expensive start to the year in&nbsp;four years. Tennessee&nbsp;gas prices&nbsp;averaged $2.26 on January 1st, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1361,1879,1898,2281,7701,9969,9800,2845,6620,2797,10512,11506,722,9270,1619,1900,284,11942,9284,9599,261,11619,9272,10402],"class_list":["post-13367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-aaa","tag-chattanooga-tn","tag-clarksville-tn","tag-cleveland-tn","tag-crude-oil","tag-eia","tag-energy-information-administration","tag-florida","tag-gas-prices","tag-georgia","tag-heating-oil","tag-hopkinsville-ky","tag-jackson-tn","tag-mark-jenkins","tag-memphis-tn","tag-montgomery-county","tag-nashville-tn","tag-oil-price-information-services","tag-oil-prices","tag-opis","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-gas-prices","tag-the-auto-club-group","tag-wright-express"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13368,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13367\/revisions\/13368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}