While Utahns are finally seeing a decrease in gas prices after a painful period of rising costs, the state average is 69 cents above the national average for a gallon of regular.
Why is that? Comparing the change in gas prices between Utah and the rest of the country sheds some light.
The months-long spike was clearly a product of inflation and other market pressures, but inflation is not responsible for the difference between a gallon in Utah and one in Texas or another state.One reason why Utah and other western states are paying so much is the Rocky Mountains. The nation's biggest oil producers and refiners are on the other side of the mountains in Texas and other southeastern states.
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