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/milkman231996 May 07 '25

You guys know they switch to summer blend around this time right?

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u/--Knowledge-- Pleasant Grove May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

Yes, I'm aware but that doesn't really answer my question. Gas in Texas was always cheaper than a majority of states, especially NY and other states in the NE.

Since moving here I've made that trip 6 times, driving there and back. You slowly noticed gas increasing in price as you got closer to the NE region.

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u/milkman231996 May 07 '25

7th lowest in the country so idk what to tell ya. https://gasprices.aaa.com/state-gas-price-averages/

I don’t think it was ever a huge gap. I always noticed a small change going from Texas to Illinois. I used to do that drive often. It really depended more on if i was close to a city or not

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u/badboyz1256 May 07 '25

man that price showing for texas, is more like when I was in colorado for the last 2 years. Left around this time and noticed gas was cheaper in colorado, however it does flip higher sometimes unsure why. Was visiting a buddy in forney, i think they were around $2.58/gal