Here Is The Cheapest Gas In The Long Valley Area

LONG VALLEY, NJ — If you’ve noticed gasoline prices have been going up in the Garden State, you’re not alone.

Average gas prices, on the week and the month, have increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia as of Monday. The national average, at $2.72 per gallon, is a 30-cent increase from a month ago and 28 cents more than this time last year, according to a AAA report. It’s the most expensive daily average since August 2019.

In New Jersey, the average price for regular gas is $2.85 per gallon, while midgrade gas is going for a $3.17 average and premium gas for $3.35.

California has the highest average gas price, at $3.68 per gallon as of Monday, while Hawaii, Washington and Nevada are now above a $3-per-gallon average now as well.

Part of the reason for the gas price increase is the winter storm that crippled Texas and much of the American South in February. Twenty-six U.S. refineries were pushed offline, as refinery utilization went from the average 83 percent to 68 percent, AAA reported, citing information from the Energy Information Administration.

The closest cheap fill up in Morris County is the BP at 5569 Berkshire Valley Road in Oak Ridge. They are selling gas at $2.59 a gallon, according to Gas Buddy.com. That price is matched by the Delta on Knoll Road in Boonton. Next up the BP and Enrite in Dover are selling at $2.63 a gallon.

For those traveling in the closest cheap fill up in Warren County is the Jersey Gas on Route 46 in Great Meadows offering $2.69 a gallon. Next up is the 76 on Water Street in Belvidere selling at $2.69 and Shell in Columbia are selling at $2.63 a gallon.

Sussex County has Circle K on Route 23 in Stockholm selling gas at $2.67 followed by the Delta in Stanhope on 183 selling at $2.69 and the 7-11 on Newton Avenue in Branchville selling at $2.67.

“Barring hurricane season, March may bring the most expensive pump prices of 2021,” said Jeanette Casselano McGee, a AAA spokesperson. “While the month is roaring in like a lion, by the end of it we could see some relief at the pump as refineries resume normal operations.”

But it’s not likely to come right away.

The average national gas price could hit $2.80 by the end of March, a AAA projection shows. That could mean an increase of 5 to 10 cents per gallon locally.

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