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Gasoline Price Data Collection
Procedures
Every Monday, retail prices for all
three grades of gasoline are collected by telephone from a sample of
approximately 900 retail gasoline outlets. The prices are published by 5:00 P.M. Monday, except on
government holidays, when the data are released on Tuesday (but still represent
Monday's price). The reported price includes all taxes and is the pump price
paid by a consumer as of 8:00 A.M. Monday. This price represents the
self-serve price except in areas having only full-serve. The price data
are used to calculate weighted average price estimates at the city, state,
regional and national levels using sales and delivery volume data from other EIA
surveys and population estimates from the Bureau of Census. |
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