{"id":14199,"date":"2018-12-24T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-12-25T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=14199"},"modified":"2018-12-24T11:45:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T17:45:15","slug":"aaa-says-tennessee-gas-prices-at-2-year-low-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2018\/12\/24\/aaa-says-tennessee-gas-prices-at-2-year-low-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"AAA says Tennessee Gas Prices at 2 Year Low for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>AAA<\/h2>\n<p><strong><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 <\/strong>&#8211; Christmas came early for millions of Americans hitting the road for the holidays. Tennessee gas prices,&nbsp;which&nbsp;are already at 2-year lows for this time of year, should drop even lower in the coming days; after the price of oil and wholesale gasoline tumbled on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230914&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tennessee Gas Prices<\/a> are&nbsp;14&nbsp;cents less than the average price on Christmas Day 2017.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_308884\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Fueling-at-the-Pump.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-308884\" class=\"wp-image-308884 size-medium\" title=\"The Average Driver Saves $10.00 on a Full Tank of Gas, Compared to Summer. (AAA)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Fueling-at-the-Pump-480x319.jpg\" alt=\"The Average Driver Saves $10.00 on a Full Tank of Gas, Compared to Summer. (AAA)\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-308884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Average Driver Saves $10.00 on a Full Tank of Gas, Compared to Summer. (AAA)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Although the state average is $2.09 per gallon, Tennessee motorists are finding pump prices&nbsp;well below $2.00 a gallon&nbsp;at various filling stations throughout the state, including Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>On average, Tennessee drivers are paying $10.00 less for a full tank of gasoline, compared to when prices peaked last summer. During the past 10 weeks,&nbsp;pump prices plunged&nbsp;an average&nbsp;total of 60 cents. The state average could shed another 10-15 cents,&nbsp;before fully adjusting to recent crude price drops.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Day-Gas-Prices-1.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-441102\" title=\"Christmas Day Gas Prices\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Day-Gas-Prices-1-480x82.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Day Gas Prices\" width=\"480\" height=\"82\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>AAA forecasts 2.5 million Tennesseans will take a road trip between now and New Year&#8217;s Day. An additional&nbsp;123,000&nbsp;drivers are expected on the road, compared to last year&#8217;s holiday season. That does not include&nbsp;travelers from out-of-state.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tennessee&#8217;s daily average price&nbsp;is the lowest since July 2017<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Travelers will find the lowest holiday gas prices in two years<\/li>\n<li>2.5 million Tennesseans will travel by automobile during the year-end holidays<\/li>\n<li>The average cost for a&nbsp;full tank of gas is $10 less than what motorists paid in the summer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Today&#8217;s most expensive metro markets<\/strong>: Nashville ($2.19), Johnson City ($2.17), Jackson ($2.13)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Today&#8217;s least expensive metro markets<\/strong>: Chattanooga ($1.94), Cleveland ($1.98), Knoxville ($2.01)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230913&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Click here&nbsp;<\/span><\/a>to view AAA&#8217;s state and metro gas price averages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 102.1 million Americans are forecast to travel via automobile between now and New Year&#8217;s Day. Nationwide, the average price for gasoline is $2.35 per gallon and falling (<a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230912&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">check today&#8217;s price<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>[320left]Americans are paying $9.00 less for a full tank of gas, than they did when prices peaked in the summer. The national average has declined 13 cents this month, and a total of 55 cents since mid-October.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A holiday road trip will become even more affordable, as AAA forecasts another round of falling gas prices,&#8221;&nbsp;said Mark Jenkins, spokesman, AAA &#8211; The Auto Club Group. &#8220;Wholesale gasoline plummeted on Thursday, which will reduce the cost for retailers to buy and sell gasoline. Unless the market turns around, drivers should see gas prices fall another 5-15 cents, during their holiday road trips.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Year-End-Holiday-Travelers.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-441105\" title=\"Year End Holiday Travelers\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Year-End-Holiday-Travelers-480x117.jpg\" alt=\"Year End Holiday Travelers\" width=\"480\" height=\"117\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: medium;\">What&#8217;s Driving the Price Drop?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The global oil market is considered oversaturated, as crude production from the U.S. and many other countries have hovered near record-highs, outpacing demand<\/li>\n<li>There is uncertainty in the market about global economic growth, creating a bearish sentiment on fuel demand<\/li>\n<li>Futures prices were dragged lower by virtue of weakness in equity markets, after the Federal Reserve added a quarter point to the benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, and concerns of a government shutdown were renewed on Thursday<\/li>\n<li>Oil prices are the lowest since July 2017. The price for a barrel of WTI crude settled at $45.88 Thursday on the NYMEX<\/li>\n<li>Gasoline futures are at 2-year lows (September 2016). RBOB dropped 6 cents on Thursday, and is down 11 cents on the week.<\/li>\n<li>Wholesale gasoline prices dropped nearly 10 cents on Thursday<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Gas Price Tools<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230911&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-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230910&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA Mobile app<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Free app that&nbsp;compares&nbsp;gas prices near you<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230909&amp;Action=Follow+Link\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Gas Cost Calculator<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; Determine how much gasoline will cost on your next road trip<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n[320center]<\/p>\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;\" width=\"480\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" 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=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Sunday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Saturday<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Week Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Month Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>One Year Ago<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><strong>2018 High<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><strong>Record High<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>National<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>$2.360<\/td>\n<td>$2.369<\/td>\n<td>$2.399<\/td>\n<td>$2.612<\/td>\n<td>$2.429<\/td>\n<td><strong>$2.97<\/strong> (5\/26\/2018)<\/td>\n<td><strong>$4.11&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp; (7\/17\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Tennessee<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>$2.090<\/td>\n<td>$2.100<\/td>\n<td>$2.147<\/td>\n<td>$2.400<\/td>\n<td>$2.219<\/td>\n<td><strong>$2.73<\/strong> (5\/27\/2018)<\/td>\n<td><strong>$4.12<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n(9\/15\/2008)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"8\" bgcolor=\"#CFCFCF\" align=\"center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230908&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-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230907&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 9.6 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 59&nbsp;million members in the United States and Canada and whose mission includes protecting and advancing freedom of mobility and improving traffic safety. 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-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230906&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" ><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA.com\/mobile<\/span><\/a>. Visit AAA on the Internet at&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/AAACS.pr-optout.com\/Tracking.aspx?Data=HHL%3d%3e-%3a6%3f%26JDG%3c%3d29%2f7%2f.LP%3f%40083%3a&amp;RE=MO&amp;RI=1480966&amp;Preview=False&amp;DistributionActionID=230905&amp;Action=Follow+Link\" ><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">AAA.com<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AAA Nashville, TN &#8211; Christmas came early for millions of Americans hitting the road for the holidays. Tennessee gas prices,&nbsp;which&nbsp;are already at 2-year lows for this time of year, should drop even lower in the coming days; after the price of oil and wholesale gasoline tumbled on Thursday. Tennessee Gas Prices are&nbsp;14&nbsp;cents less than the [&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":[1361,1879,4,2281,7701,6620,722,1888,2716,9270,1619,284,2806,9271,9598,9284,9599,261,11619,9272,10402,9460],"class_list":["post-14199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-aaa","tag-chattanooga-tn","tag-christmas","tag-cleveland-tn","tag-crude-oil","tag-gas-prices","tag-jackson-tn","tag-johnson-city-tn","tag-knoxville-tn","tag-mark-jenkins","tag-memphis-tn","tag-nashville-tn","tag-new-years-day","tag-nymex","tag-oil-price-information-service","tag-oil-prices","tag-opis","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-gas-prices","tag-the-auto-club-group","tag-wright-express","tag-wti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14199","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=14199"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14200,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14199\/revisions\/14200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}