Will Gas Prices Come Down Locally?

June 21, 2022 3:13 am

PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — Drivers could be looking at 75 cents off per gallon if the federal and state gas tax is put on hold in southwestern Pennsylvania. President Biden says he’s considering a federal gas tax holiday and could make a decision by the end of the week. A pause would lower the cost per gallon 18 cents or less, but it requires action by Congress. However, on the state level, Republican state Rep. Aaron Bernstine says he sponsored bills that would offer a one-month holiday from the state’s 57 cent gas tax. It would drop the price from $5.02 to $4.45 a gallon. He says that the legislation is stuck in different committees. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s office says the Republican majority controls the legislative agenda, claiming his office has long called for a phase-out of the state gas tax and enacting a federal gas tax holiday. The governor says that lawmakers can reconvene this summer to pass a state gas tax holiday if they don’t get it done before the summer break.