Average U.S. gas price continues rise, jumping 25 cents in last three weeks

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U.S. gas prices shot up 25 cents over the past three weeks to an average of $2.30 a gallon for regular-grade fuel, according to the national Lundberg Survey.

Through about a month of price jumps, the average per-gallon gas price remains $1.49 lower than the $3.79 average the country was paying this time last year, the survey said.

California motorists were paying a bit more than the rest of the country, shelling out an average of $2.542 as of today, according to AAA’s daily Fuel Gauge Report. The Energy Department will release its weekly U.S. retail gasoline prices later today.

Phoenix had the lowest gas price in the nation last week with $1.99 per gallon, while Chicago has the highest price per gallon at $2.63, the Lundberg survey reported.

-- Nathan Olivarez-Giles