MEDIA RELEASE

Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii moved just 1.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.41/g today. This compares with the national average that has stayed flat, moving just 0.4 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.66/g, according to gasoline price website HawaiiGasPrices.com.

Including the change in gas prices in Hawaii during the past week, prices today are $1.08/g higher than the same day one year ago and are 2.0 cents per gallon flat than a month ago. The national average has decreased 6.0 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 76.1 cents per gallon higher than this day a year ago.

GasBuddy.com operates more than 200 live gasoline price-tracking websites, including HawaiiGasPrices.com. GasBuddy.com was named one of Time magazine’s 50 best websites and to PC World’s 100 most useful websites of 2008.