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Local Gas Prices Start Dropping Due to Coronavirus Outbreak

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Gas prices in Parkersburg, West Virginia dropped 10 cents per gallon over the weekend. Midwest Executive Director of CEA, Chris Ventura explains how this happened:

“We’ve seen the price of a barrel of crude oil fall steadily in the past few weeks,” says Chris Ventura, Midwest Executive Director of the Consumer Energy Alliance. “As a result of that, we’re seeing some cost-savings at the pump. On top of that, we have some higher supplies of gasoline inventory right now, so that’s also helping push the price a little bit lower.”

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