LAS VEGAS — Gas prices have been a hot topic over the past year with the volatile crude oil market largely tied to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and inflation.
In Southern Nevada, the area’s dependence on California for gasoline adds another wrinkle to the issue. Any time refineries in Southern California have an issue, prices go up in the Las Vegas Valley.
Nevada as a whole has been in the top-five most expensive states for gasoline for sometime. But the uncertain market has seen the Silver State go as high as No. 2 on that dubious list over the last year. As of Friday, Nevada ranked as the fourth-most expensive gas in the U.S., just behind Hawaii ($4.93 per gallon), California ($4.59) and Washington at $4.13 per gallon.
