PITTSBURGH — Gas prices in Western Pennsylvania are up by nearly five cents this week to $2.928 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.  

Statewide, Pennsylvania ($2.92) is just 8-cents away from hitting the $3/mark. Prices in the state hit a high of $2.90 in both June 2015 and September 2017, but have not risen above that threshold since November 2014.

Gasoline inventories in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region jumped for a second week, adding a substantial 3 million barrels, according to the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data. This was the only build in inventories of any region in the country on the week. With the upward notch, total gasoline inventories register just above the 61 million barrel mark.  

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in Bradford was $2.956; in Brookville, $2.959; in DuBois, $2.954; in Erie, $2.910; and in Warren, $2.990.