AAA Texas: Gas Prices Find Bottom - Start Moving North.Business Editors/Travel Writers HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2003 The customary beginning of the summer driving season is bringing higher prices throughout most of Texas with the prospect of prices inching still higher in coming weeks, 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 Weekend Gas Watch, compiled by 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. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of 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 at popular destinations for motoring trips. The statewide average price for a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of regular unleaded self-serve is $1.387 which is four-tenths of a cent higher than last week's level, 8 cents below the price last month and 4 cents higher than last year. Of the major metropolitan areas in Texas, Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. had the highest price with an average of 1.414 per gallon, while motorists in 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). have the lowest price of $1.282. "Wholesale gasoline prices in Texas have been edging upward and dealer profits are very thin at this time, which is a recipe for higher prices," said Carol Thorp, spokesperson for AAA Texas. "Motorists can look for prices to start inching higher, and by this time next week, they could be 2-3 cents above their current levels." Average prices as of 12:01 a.m., May 23 2003: Area Regular Change Record Price ---- -------- ---------- ---------------- Austin-San Marcos $1.330 +1.6 cents $1.580 (3/19/03) Corpus Christi $1.282 +2.7 cents $1.590 (2/20/03) Dallas $1.414 -0.1 cents $1.666 (5/12/01) Fort Worth $1.395 -0.1 cents $1.660 (5/22/01) Houston $1.377 +0.3 cents $1.639 (5/12/01) San Antonio $1.336 +1.5 cents $1.582 (3/18/03) |
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