MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin gas prices have jumped by more than 30 cents a gallon in the last two days.
The AAA’s statewide average was almost $2.81 Friday morning for regular unleaded. That’s 13-and-a-half cents more than Thursday at this time, and 23 cents more than Wednesday.
It’s all blamed on a breakdown at the BP oil refinery in Whiting, Indiana, which might not get fixed for another week or two.
The AAA says Milwaukee is the only Wisconsin metro with an average price above $3, rising 22 cents in the past day to $3.03. Madison’s fuel jumped by 19 cents the past day.
Smaller hikes are reported to the north. La Crosse is the state’s cheapest at $2.64.
Before the breakdown, gas prices were falling amid the lowest crude oil prices in six years.
Motorists in the nation’s mid-section are feeling the worst pain at the pump, from Wisconsin and Michigan to as far south as Oklahoma. Friday’s Wisconsin average is 16 cents higher than the national norm of $2.65.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
