{"id":248132,"date":"2026-03-17T09:14:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=248132"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:14:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:14:32","slug":"georgia-gas-prices-hit-3-51-per-gallon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=248132","title":{"rendered":"Georgia gas prices hit $3.51 per gallon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia drivers are paying more at the pump this week as Spring Break travel and rising crude oil prices push the statewide average for regular gas to $3.51 per gallon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Happening:<\/strong> The statewide average rose 29 cents from last week and is 61 cents higher than this time last year. A standard 15-gallon fill-up now costs about $52.65.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s Important:<\/strong> Crude oil prices have climbed past $100 a barrel, a key driver of pump prices. &#8220;As more drivers take to the roads for Spring Break, gas prices are increasing, driven in large part by crude oil costs that have climbed past $100 a barrel,&#8221; said Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA. &#8220;While prices remain comparable to last spring, coordinated releases from U.S. and international oil reserves are expected to help slow further increases.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How This Affects Real People:<\/strong> Drivers filling a standard 15-gallon tank are paying roughly $4.35 more than they were a month ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Around Georgia:<\/strong> Warner Robins has the lowest average in the state at $3.40 per gallon. Rome ($3.45) and Columbus ($3.42) are also among the cheapest. Athens and Atlanta are tied for the highest at $3.55, followed by Gainesville at $3.54.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By the Numbers:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Georgia average: $3.51<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National average: $3.69<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One week ago (Georgia): $3.22<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One month ago (Georgia): $2.72<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One year ago (Georgia): $2.90<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Georgia record high: $4.49, set June 15, 2022<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Bigger Picture:<\/strong> The U.S. is releasing 172 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserves over the next four months. That release is part of a broader International Energy Agency plan to put 400 million barrels on the market, which the agency calls the largest emergency reserve release in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For EV Drivers:<\/strong> The national average cost at a public electric vehicle charging station rose 2 cents this week to 41 cents per kilowatt hour.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia drivers are paying more at the pump this week as Spring Break travel and rising crude oil prices push the statewide average for regular gas to $3.51 per gallon. What&#8217;s Happening: The statewide average rose 29 cents from last week and is 61 cents higher than this time last year. A standard 15-gallon fill-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":248133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16495],"tags":[9844,9636],"class_list":["post-248132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-gas","tag-gas-prices","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=248132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=248132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=248132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=248132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}