Gas Sells For 47 Cents Per Gallon In Northern Michigan [PHOTO]
DEARBORN (WWJ/AP) — AAA Michigan says gas prices statewide have decreased by about 13 cents in the past week.
The Dearborn-based auto club says the average price for self-serve regular unleaded gasoline was about $1.74 per gallon on Sunday. That's about 19 cents less than it was at the same point last year.
Prices are much lower in one northern Michigan town. A station in Houghton Lake posted sub-$1 prices on Sunday, dropping as far as 47 cents per gallon.
NOT a typo: A #gasprice war in Houghton Lake, MI dropped prices from 95c to 78c to current 47c/gal! (c) B Bartlett pic.twitter.com/pGtE40q12O
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️???? (@GasBuddyGuy) January 18, 2016
SUB-$1 GAS RETURNS: 78 cents per gallon- the current #gasprice at a station in Houghton Lake, Michigan pic.twitter.com/nllE5a6yLO
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️???? (@GasBuddyGuy) January 17, 2016
The lowest average price was about $1.63 per gallon in the Lansing area, while the highest average was about $1.85 per gallon in the Marquette area.
The last time the statewide average gas price dipped below $1.75 was in January 2009.
AAA Michigan surveys daily fuel prices at 2,800 gas stations across the state.
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