Gas Prices On The Rise In Rockford

Average retail gasoline prices have risen 8.1 cents per gallon in Rockford in the past week.  That's according to Gasbuddy's daily survey of 139 gas outlets in Rockford. 

That number is much higher than the national average which hit an average of 5.7 cents per gallon. 

"If anything positive came about as a result of Winter Storm 'Nemo' it may be that the resulting 'demand destruction' seems to have flattened out the rate at which prices had been increasing in the Northeast and the Midwest too," said Senior Petroleum Analyst Gregg Laskoski.  "On the west coast motorists are less fortunate.  With western refineries producing at 75% capacity (less than any other region), California has seen its average price increase by 14 cents per gallon over the past week; doubling the rate of increase over the same period for the rest of the country."