AAA Texas: Gas Prices End Four-Week Decline.HOUSTON Houston, city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837. Economy The fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; -- The month-long decline in gas prices across Texas appears to be over in most areas, although average gas prices are still lower in many cities than at this time last week, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. (Triple A) A common single-cell battery used in a myriad of electronic devices of all variety. Like its double A (AA) cousin, it provides 1.5 volts of DC power. When used in series, the voltage is multiplied. Texas Weekend Gas Watch. The statewide average price for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular self serve is $2.147 -- 0.1 cents less than last week. Beaumont Beaumont, city (1990 pop. 114,323), seat of Jefferson co., Tex., on the Sabine-Neches Waterway; inc. 1838. A ship channel provides the facilities of a modern deepwater port, with shipyards and large storage tanks. Beaumont is a major oil city. has the highest average this week at $2.16, one cent lower than last week. Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, in Christianity Corpus Christi [Lat.,=body of Christ], feast of the Western Church, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday (or on the following Sunday). has the lowest average despite a gain of three cents to $2.056 a gallon. "Prices began heading back up in most areas of Texas earlier this week," said AAA Texas spokesperson Jeffrey Spring. "Traditionally, gas prices decline during winter and bounce back bounce v. bounced, bounc·ing, bounc·es v.intr. 1. To rebound after having struck an object or a surface. 2. in the spring. Usually, the increase comes after spring starts, so this increase could just be a slight one for the moment." The national average for regular self-serve gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is $2.255 a gallon -- an increase of one penny from last week. AAA Texas Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline in Texas.
Average Daily Prices as of 12:01 AM, March 3, 2006:
Area 03/03/06 Weekly 02/24/06 Record High 2005
Change Avg.
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National $2.255 + 1.0 cent $2.245 $3.057 (9/5/05) $1.889
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State $2.147 - 0.1 cent $2.148 $2.964 (9/4/05) $1.789
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Austin-San
Marcos $2.151 - 0.1 cent $2.152 $2.918 (9/6/05) $1.764
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Beaumont $2.160 - 1.0 cents $2.170 $2.930 (9/4/05) $1.764
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Corpus Christi $2.056 + 3.0 cents $2.026 $2.929 (9/3/05) $1.683
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Dallas $2.144 - 1.3 cents $2.157 $3.019 (9/4/05) $1.809
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Ft. Worth $2.142 - 0.5 cents $2.147 $3.012 (9/4/05) $1.797
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Galveston-
Texas City $2.143 - 3.4 cents $2.177 $2.997 (9/4/05) $1.779
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Houston $2.126 - 1.9 cents $2.145 $2.971 (9/6/05) $1.769
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San Antonio $2.109 + 0.3 cent $2.106 $2.909 (9/4/05) $1.739
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AAA Texas, an affiliate Affiliate Relationship between two companies when one company owns substantial interest, but less than a majority of the voting stock of another company, or when two companies are both subsidiaries of a third company. See: Subsidiaries, parent company. of AAA National, has been serving Texans since 1902. Today, more than a million AAA Texas members benefit from the organization's roadside assistance service, travel agency, financial products, insurance products and services, automotive pricing, buying and financing, trip planning services, and traffic safety programs. |
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