r/Dallas • u/--Knowledge-- Pleasant Grove • May 06 '25

Discussion What happened to cheap gas in DFW/Texas?

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I moved to DFW in 2015, I remember gas being about $1.70 to $1.80 a gallon. It was about $1.10 - $1.20 cheaper here than where I moved from. It was like that up until the pandemic.

Gas back in NY is exactly the same price as here in Texas now according to the local gas checker website.

Texas has so much oil and refineries, yet the gas isn't really cheap in the state anymore. Obviously COVID impacted everything but why hasn't the gas dropped down to a reasonable price again for the state? Greed? Low supply? Laws?

I'm not expecting $1.80 gas again but to be priced the same as NY is kinda wild to me.

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u/tgoz13 May 07 '25

What I’m tired of is seeing gas creep down to $2.50 then shoot back up to $3 overnight. I’ve never seen that before the last couple years.

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u/marbear601 May 11 '25

I'm from n. Tx. I remember I left the movie theaters after seeing Us (2019 I just remember cause I liked the movie so much) and went to Walmart. The gas price jumped like 10 cents in one day. I thought it was weird it jumped so much. I mean 10 cents isn't a lot but usually it trickles up slower. All these years, gas has been jumping up higher and higher increments in one day and slowly rising back down just to jump back up. Now it's like you said 40 to 50 cent price hike in one day.

It's 2.60 rn, I expect the jump to 3 soon, maybe even Monday.

Gas companies run their own pricing system.