Average Gas Price Highest Since Summer 2015

The price of gas, at an average of $2.71 a gallon, is at its most expensive point in three years and signs continue to point upwards. According to AAA, in six west coast states, motorists are paying over $3.00 a gallon. Nationally, only 27 percent of gas stations are selling gas for less than $2.50 a gallon. Today's gas price is 30-cents more than it was a year ago.