Gas prices up a penny in latest N.L. price update

Drivers in Newfoundland and Labrador arefacing aslight increase at the pumps on Thursday.

The Public Utilities Board raised the maximum price of gasoline by one cent per litre as part of its weekly price adjustment.

The change comes on the heels of a 2.3-cent drop last week, and has been part of a zigzag pattern through recent weeks, with prices winding up almost exactly where they were when summer started eight weeksago.

Thursday's setting means customers on the Avalon Peninsula, where prices usually are cheapest,will now pay a maximum of $1.777 per litre.

Maximum prices vary in other parts of the province, but now range between $1.78 and $1.95 per litre across other parts of Newfoundland and between $1.64 and $2.20 per litre across Labrador.

The price of diesel decreased by marginally, if at all. Diesel is down 0.2 cents per litre across much of the province, while Labrador West and Churchill Falls saw no change.

Furnace oil was lowered by 0.16 cents per litre, meaning customers in Newfoundland will paybetween $1.11 and $1.29 per litre.

Stove oil decreased by the same amount, except by just 0.05 cents in Labrador West and Churchill Falls. The change means customers in Newfoundland will pay maximum prices between $1.16 and $1.34per litre depending on their location, while customers in Labrador will pay between $1.24 and $1.95 per litre.

Propane decreased by 0.8 cents per litre, putting maximum prices between 95 cents and $1.08 per litre in Newfoundland and between 82 cents and and $1.26 per litre in Labrador.

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