San Diego County gas prices ticking up as summer ends, school begins

Republicans in Congress are seeking to undo Biden-era waivers letting California phase out gas cars File photo by Alexander Nguyen Times of San Diego Gas prices in San Diego are ticking up due to final summer progress the back-to-school rush and a series of outages at the PBF Refinery in Torrance according to the Auto Club of Southern California The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in San Diego County rose to Monday up six-tenths of a cent The average price is cents more than one week ago and cents higher than one month ago but cents less than one year ago It has dropped since rising to a record on Oct The national average price rose for the sixth consecutive day increasing eight-tenths of a cent to The national average price is cents more than one week ago and one- tenth of a cent more than one month ago and cents lower than one year ago It has dropped since rising to a record on June Anlleyn Venegas a senior inhabitants affairs specialist for the auto club which is part of the American Automobile Association explained the current rise in prices in due to a variety of factors We know a lot of people are going to be taking trips this week since it s going to be their last chance to do a family trip during the summer Also whenever kids are back at school we do see a lot more cars on the road Venegas reported This could also affect demand Even with back to school and labor day weekend the main contributor according to Venegas is a series of planned and unplanned outages at the PBF refinery in Torrance The refinery revealed one planned and one unplanned outage last week and one unplanned outage this week During maintenance outages production is halted and gas supply in the area is affected Maintenance at the refinery is expected to wrap up on Sept City News Arrangement contributed to this article