{"id":13571,"date":"2018-03-26T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-26T19:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=13571"},"modified":"2018-03-26T07:12:08","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T12:12:08","slug":"tennessee-gas-prices-are-highest-of-the-year-according-to-aaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2018\/03\/26\/tennessee-gas-prices-are-highest-of-the-year-according-to-aaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Gas Prices are Highest of the Year according to AAA"},"content":{"rendered":"<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> <a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226972&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee<\/a>&nbsp;motorists will soon find some of the most expensive gas prices in five months. Tennessee&#8217;s state average of $2.41 is tied with this year&#8217;s high &#8211; set in February &#8211; and the highest price since October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gasoline demand has been very strong the past few weeks, as Americans travel for spring break,&#8221; said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA &#8211; The Auto Club Group.<\/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=\"Crude oil prices are the highest they've been since January 26th.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Rising-Oil-Prices-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Crude oil prices are the highest they've been since January 26th.\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-344824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crude oil prices are the highest they&#8217;ve been since January 26th.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Tennessee&#8217;s Highest and Lowest Gas Prices<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>most expensive<\/strong>&nbsp;gas price averages in Tennessee are in Morristown ($2.45), Nashville ($2.44), and Knoxville ($2.44)<\/li>\n<li>The&nbsp;<strong>least expensive<\/strong>&nbsp;gas price averages in Tennessee are in Chattanooga ($2.32), Cleveland ($2.35), and Memphis ($2.36)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;This robust gasoline demand, coupled with lower&nbsp;supply levels, are setting the stage for rising prices in the coming weeks,&#8221; Jenkins stated.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Crude oil prices rose $3.82 per barrel last week. Friday&#8217;s settlement of $65.88 is the highest daily settlement since January 26th.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Gasoline futures prices rose 11 cents last week.&nbsp;exceeding $2.00 for the first time since Hurricane Harvey struck the Texas coast last August.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Wholesale gasoline prices rose 9 cents last week, returning to levels not seen since January.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"6\" bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><strong>Average Gas Price in March<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\"><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>National<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$3.51<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.43<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$1.93<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.30<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Florida<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$3.53<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.46<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$1.96<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.29<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Georgia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$3.35<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.26<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$1.87<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.18<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$3.26<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.18<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$1.75<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.05<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226971&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" >GasPrices.AAA.com<\/a>&nbsp;&#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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226970&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><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Highs and Lows of 2018<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>National<\/strong>: the highest average price for gasoline&nbsp;was $2.67 on February 6; the lowest was $2.49 on January 3.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Florida<\/strong>: the highest average price in was $2.68 on February 8;&nbsp;the lowest was $2.44 on January 2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Georgia<\/strong>: the highest average price is&nbsp;$2.50; the lowest was $2.35 on January 2.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tennessee<\/strong>: the highest average price was $2.41 on February 7; the lowest was $2.26 on January 1.<\/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;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"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\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Week Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Month Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One Year Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#B1B1B1\" align=\"center\"><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\">$2.607<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.602<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.542<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.518<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.286<\/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\">$2.545<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.542<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.531<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.523<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.296<\/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\">$2.500<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.496<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.444<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.381<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">$2.160<\/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\">$2.408<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.402<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.342<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.310<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#EDEDED\" align=\"right\">$2.040<\/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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226969&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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[320center]<\/p>\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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226968&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.GasPrices.AAA.com<\/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 9.5&nbsp;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 58&nbsp;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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226967&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" >AAA.com\/mobile<\/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%2c%3b0A%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=226966&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" >AAA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; Tennessee&nbsp;motorists will soon find some of the most expensive gas prices in five months. Tennessee&#8217;s state average of $2.41 is tied with this year&#8217;s high &#8211; set in February &#8211; and the highest price since October.&nbsp; &#8220;Gasoline demand has been very strong the past few weeks, as Americans travel for spring break,&#8221; [&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":[1361,1879,2281,7701,2845,6620,2797,11770,2716,9270,1619,5593,284,9598,9284,9599,261,11619,9272,10402],"class_list":["post-13571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-aaa","tag-chattanooga-tn","tag-cleveland-tn","tag-crude-oil","tag-florida","tag-gas-prices","tag-georgia","tag-hurricane-harvey","tag-knoxville-tn","tag-mark-jenkins","tag-memphis-tn","tag-morristown-tn","tag-nashville-tn","tag-oil-price-information-service","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\/13571","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=13571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13572,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13571\/revisions\/13572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}