2009-07-02T15:10:13-05:00 2009-07-02T15:10:13-05:00 After record highs in May 2007 when gas prices shot up to 349 cents per gallon, drivers are finally getting a break as gas prices are <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22527105'>falling</a> more than a penny per day. This graph shows the average price per gallon of gas in five regions of the <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22526329'>United States</a>: the <b><font color='#FF6600'>west coast</font></b>, <b><font color='#24247D'>east coast</font></b>, <b><font color='#cf0076'>gulf coast</font></b>, the <font color='#5e00bf'><b>midwest</b></font>, and the <b><font color='#009933'>rocky mountains</font></b> from April 1993 to August 2007. Equipment failures and accidents at refineries the spring created a shortage in the amount of gas available, which led to the price spikes in May 2007; now that those refineries have recovered, prices are dropping. Gas prices on the West Coast, and specifically in <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22526431'>California</a>, have always been significantly higher than in the rest of the United States. 2546 Gas prices finally decreasing {"format":{"series.default_0.stroke":{"color":"rgb(0, 55, 108)","width":2},"series.default_4.stroke":{"color":"rgb(222, 26, 32)","width":2},"series.default_1.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"series.default_3.fill":"rgb(56, 169, 58)","series.default_0.fill":"rgb(0, 55, 108)","series.default_2.fill":"rgb(228, 88, 154)","series-manager.0.series-order":{"type":"custom","custom":[4,5,1,2,3,0]},"series.default_1.stroke":{"color":"rgb(83, 25, 126)","width":2},"series.default_1.fill":"rgb(83, 25, 126)","series.default_0.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"axis.y.format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"},"series.default_5.fill":"rgb(228, 86, 31)","series.default_6.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"axis.x.format":{"p":-1,"ns":true,"dt":"%B %-1d, %Y","t":"d"},"series.default_2.stroke":{"color":"rgb(228, 88, 154)","width":2},"series.default_4.fill":"rgb(222, 26, 32)","series.default_3.stroke":{"color":"rgb(56, 169, 58)","width":2},"series.default_5.stroke":{"color":"rgb(228, 86, 31)","width":2},"series.default_4.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"series.default_2.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"series.default_5.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}},"series.default_3.format":{"precedence":1,"format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"}}}} pQasDl8RHizEPhFgMsS4vQ== U.S. Retail Gasoline Prices by Region http://www.swivel.com/data_sets/show/1007919 Gas prices finally decreasing 22530279 2010-01-08T18:22:38-05:00 After record highs in May 2007 when gas prices shot up to 349 cents per gallon, drivers are finally getting a break as gas prices are <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22527105'>falling</a> more than a penny per day. This graph shows the average price per gallon of gas in five regions of the <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22526329'>United States</a>: the <b><font color='#FF6600'>west coast</font></b>, <b><font color='#24247D'>east coast</font></b>, <b><font color='#cf0076'>gulf coast</font></b>, the <font color='#5e00bf'><b>midwest</b></font>, and the <b><font color='#009933'>rocky mountains</font></b> from April 1993 to August 2007. Equipment failures and accidents at refineries the spring created a shortage in the amount of gas available, which led to the price spikes in May 2007; now that those refineries have recovered, prices are dropping. Gas prices on the West Coast, and specifically in <a href='http://www.swivel.com/graphs/show/22526431'>California</a>, have always been significantly higher than in the rest of the United States.