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Average Energy Prices, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria – April 2022
Gasoline prices averaged $4.180 per gallon in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria area in April 2022, the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Alexandra Hall Bovee noted that area
gasoline prices increased 48.1 percent from last April when they averaged $2.822 per gallon. Washington area
households paid an average of 13.6 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh) of electricity in April 2022, 7.1 percent
higher than the 12.7 cents in April 2021. The average price of utility (piped) gas at $1.703 per therm in April
2022 was up 16.2 percent from $1.465 per therm a year earlier. (Data in this release are not seasonally
adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year-analysis is used throughout.)
At $4.180 per gallon, Washington area consumers paid 4.3 percent less than the national average of $4.369 for
a gallon of gasoline in April 2022. From 2018 to 2021, prices for a gallon of gasoline in Washington ranged
from 2.9 percent below to 9.0 percent above those for the nation in April. (See chart 1 and table 1.)
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The 13.6 cents per kWh that Washington households paid for electricity in April 2022 was 9.9 percent below
the nationwide average of 15.1 cents. Last April, the price per kWh for electricity in Washington was 8.6
percent below the national average. From 2018 to 2020, electricity prices for the Washington area ranged from
3.0 to 6.0 percent below those for the nation in April. (See chart 2.)
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The price paid by Washington area consumers for utility (piped) gas, commonly referred to as natural gas, was
$1.703 per therm in April 2022, 17.9 percent above the national average of $1.445 per therm. Last April, the
price for utility (piped) gas in Washington was 25.6 perce