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Despite drop, Utah has 5th highest gas prices

Now that's a surprise. The only way to stop this gouging is to reward the stations with the best prices and completely avoid the others.

Seems like EVERYTHING in Utah costs more then anywhere else. And this state's government seems to always have one excuse after another. I think it's time to elect a new govenor come election day cause the one we have now doesn't seem to be doing a very good job to help us Utahs out.

Whatever happened to the attorney general's investigation into gas prices in Utah? What's he done to ensure Utah motorists aren't being gouged at the pumps? Why hasn't the deseret news and other media in this state followed up on his stated intention to find out why Utah always lags when gas prices fall, but is among the first to raise prices when they rise nationally?

Do your jobs, deseret news, tribune. Go to work.

This phenomenon is brought to you by the same red-light running people who are consumed with greed. Is this really a surprise to anyone who lives here? It�s all about greed and personal gain.

I just filled up yesterday for $2.61/gal here in "small town Texas" yesterday..... but hey, at least you have beautiful mountains. It was 80 degrees yesterday and I have gone almost a month without using heat or air conditioner.... but hey you guys got all the good snow skiing. Sure is nice to see gas heading the right direction though!

I am in Michigan visiting my sons and can get gas here for $2.87. There is something wrong in Utah and Idaho.

So the expert of the fuel in Utah, has no idea why the gas prices remain so high in Utah. So what are they paying him for anyway? Maybe to save money on the fuel let's get rid of Hill. It's also interesting that with any other retail information, economist and people seem to have all sorts of data and can have it within a day. When it comes to oil, it's too big and complicated to tract. I would think there would be a paper trail somewhere to get a good idea. I realize a company can't disclose everything about it's operation and stay competitive. But, it have absolutley no idea what is happening. Seems pretty fishy to me.

I love the excuse that the refineries were shut down to switch over to winter month fuel, and that's the reason we have high gas prices. So, according to them only five states in this whole country, switched to winter fuel.

In the Kansas City, MO area, gas is $2.499, sounds like greed is running rampant in your local.

Utah is a RIP-OFF STATE from top to bottom.You know it,i know it.examples-property taxes,food,gasoline,car repairs,etc,etc,etc.

Quick Guv, better start a group to look into it!

I used to live in Kansas and would visit family in Utah regularly. Most of the time Utah's gas was about 20 cents higher than Kansas' gas. There have been time, when gas prices went up, that the prices were the same. A week ago we moved to Utah and there is an 80 cent difference. Somebody is getting rich off this!

One good thing the Trib and Dnews could do for their customers would be to post daily where the stations are in the valley, that are posting the lowest gas prices. That way the consumer could put pressure to the right places by the way they buy. The only way fuel suppliers will get the message is in the pocket. Our state officials are in the back pockets of the oil companies. How long is it going to take before "we're mad as hell and not going to take it anymore" kicks in and we remove a legislature that will not support its constituency. As a lifelong Republican, I'm ready to swith to whatever side is on my side, and it isn't the one currently in power.

Our Utah representatives are too busy bribing each other and supporting McCain-Palin for possible jobs in Washington, D.C. Who cares that their constituents are being gauged by the oil companies?Gas is cheaper in southern Utah than next door to the refineries. "It will all even out." Sure!

It's Huntsman! He's an oil man. He is gonna suck all he can from us. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. Get the bum outta' office! That attorney general too. They are crooks!

I know people who are in the gas and conv. store business and they do very well. And they say they only make pennies on the gallon. I wonder if they misspoke and meant dollars on the gallon.

I've started making trips across the state line to Evanston, Wyoming to buy diesel and gas. Fortunately, I live in Park City, so the drive is reasonable. While I'm there, I am able to also buy some good beer!

Let me get this straight. The Commerce Dept. of Utah can't subpoena oil records; the State of Utah won't conduct an anti-trust investigation dealing with gas prices, and the oil refineries won't release their proprietary information. Who's fooling who? Price fixing? mmmmm....

The Governor's office is not interested in investigating and monitoring gasoline prices in Utah. Even though we have refineries here in Salt Lake City and access to vast oil reserves in the Permian Basin, our gasoline prices will continue to be among the highest in the country.
Our focus is on other state matters as prioritized and dictated by Governor Huntsman. Just be patient while prices slowly creep down. In the meantime, stop bothering us.

Where was all this outrage when Utah's prices were lower than the national average earlier this year?

Prices rise, and prices fall. Sometimes they're higher than average, sometimes lower. But there isn't an all-powerful conspiracy that "fixes" prices.

Which is why the much ballyhooed AG investigation into gas prices went nowhere: It was just a sop thrown to the media and the voters by a politician who knew exactly what to say.

It's amazing how fast the prices go up when the price of oil increases, but how SLOW they drop when they go down. The oil companies want us to be sympathetic to their plight and then then do stuff like this. Greed really does run the world now from congress to wall street, and big companies. How long can we last as a country? Integrity is important! If you don't believe it just look at our world today and the mess we are in!!