Gas, diesel and furnace oil all make small jumps in weekly PUB adustment
Gas is up 1.6 cents per litre in Newfoundland and Labrador Thursday morning. (David Zalubowski/AP)
Most fuels are up in price across Newfoundland and Labrador on Thursday, as the provincial fuels regulator reacted to swings in commodity markets.
The Public Utilities Board increased the maximum price of gasoline by 1.6 cents per litre in its latest price adjustment. That means customers on the Avalon Peninsula, where fuels tend to be cheapest, will pay no more than just over $1.67 per litre.
The price of gas been fluctuating all fall, although there has been little net change. Gas is only a penny more expensive now than it was in early September.
Across the rest of the province, drivers in Newfoundland will pay maximums between $1.67 and just under $1.84 per litre depending on their location, while drivers across Labrador — where some prices are fixed for periods of time — will pay between $1.64 and $2.20 per litre.
Diesel increased by two cents per litre across most of the province, except by 1.9 cents in Labrador West and Churchill Falls. The change means maximum prices now range between $1.83 and $1.95 per litre in Newfoundland and between $1.90 and $2.59 per litre in Labrador.
The price of furnace oil increased by 1.65 cents per litre, meaning customers in Newfoundland will pay between $1.17 and just over $1.35 per litre for the fuel.
Stove oil increased by 1.74 cents per litre across much of the province, and by 1.63 cents per litre in Labrador West and Churchill Falls. Maximum prices for the fuel now range between $1.15 and $1.33 per litre in Newfoundland and between $1.26 and $1.95 per litre in Labrador.
Propane, the lone fuel to decrease in price, lowered by 0.3 cents per litre. The change means prices now range between $1 and $1.13 per litre in Newfoundland and between 87 cents and $1.22 per litre in Labrador.
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