One year ago, motorists were complaining the price of gasoline for Labor Day travel was high. This year, not so much.
That's the assessment of a petroleum analyst for the website gasbuddy.com .
Patrick DeHaan says prices in Wisconsin are averaging $2.56. down from $3.44 one year ago.
DeHaan says it's a matter of supply and demand...
""...much of the reason is the drop in crude oil prices. Prices a year ago were closer to $100 a barrel. Today, they're about $47, that's leading to lower pump prices..He says motorists are going to save nearly a billion and half dollars on gas prices this weekend alone.
DeHaan says the recent problem at a BP refinery in Indiana has been fixed, causing prices to fall. When the refinery went off line to repair problems, prices shot up but are now dropping.
