Published: 10/12/2021


FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE OCTOBER 2014 THE TENNESSEE GAS PRICE AVERAGE ROSE ABOVE $3.00 PER GALLON. OVER LAST WEEK, TENNESSEE GAS PRICES JUMPED NEARLY 12 CENTS TO THE MOST EXPENSIVE GAS PRICE AVERAGE SO FAR THIS YEAR. THE TENNESSEE GAS PRICE AVERAGE IS NOW $3.01 WHICH IS NEARLY 12 CENTS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN ONE MONTH AGO AND $1.07 MORE THAN ONE YEAR AGO. TENNESSEE MOVED TO THE 9TH LEAST EXPENSIVE MARKET IN NATION. TODAY'S NATIONAL AVERAGE OF $3.27 IS 10 CENTS MORE THAN A MONTH AGO, $1.09 MORE THAN A YEAR AGO, AND 63 CENTS MORE THAN PRE-PANDEMIC IN 2019.