Auto Club: Gas Prices Inch Lower -- But Power Outage Could Send Them Higher.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Gas prices throughout Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, inched lower in recent days, but the widespread power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" this week in Los Angeles caused refineries to interrupt operations resulting in thin supplies. This is a situation that likely could send prices higher next 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 Automobile Club of Southern California's Weekend Gas Watch. The average price of self-serve regular 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 in the Los Angeles-Long Beach area is $2.976, which is 1.6 cents lower than last week, 22 cents higher than last month and 90 cents higher than last year. In San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the price is $3.021 -- nine-tenths of a cent below last week's price, 24 cents above last month and 91 cents above last year. On the Central Coast, the average price is $3.074, down 2.7 cents from last week, 23 cents higher than last month and 83 cents higher than last year. In the Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. , the average price is $2.994, down 3.1 cents from last week, 26 cents above last month and 89 cents higher than last year. "Effects of the power outage likely will be felt beginning this weekend as Southern California motorists deal with thin supply caused by interrupted refining operations," Auto Club spokeswoman Carol Thorp said. The Weekend Gas Watch monitors the average price of gasoline as of 12:01 a.m., Sept. 16:
Area Regular Change from Record Price
last week
Los Angeles-Long Beach $2.976 -1.6 cents $2.999 (9/6/2005)
Orange County $2.947 -1.4 cents $2.970 (9/6/2005)
San Diego $3.021 -0.9 cents $3.060 (9/5/2005)
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Lompoc $3.074 -2.7 cents $3.111 (9/7/2005)
Riverside-San Bernardino $2.994 -3.1 cents $3.030 (9/9/2005)
Bakersfield $3.129 -2.9 cents $3.167 (9/9/2005)
Las Vegas $2.919 -2.9 cents $2.968 (9/8/2005)
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