\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLower-than-average gas prices are drawing attention in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, where a Freedom Fuel Network station is selling regular gas for $3.57 a gallon.Lower gas prices draw attention in Central PennsylvaniaAccording to AAA, the average price for regular gas is $3.89 in Lancaster County, $3.92 in York County and $3.84 in Cumberland County. For the state of Pennsylvania, the average is $3.99The White House advertised the Freedom Fuel station online, saying gas would be sold at 25 locations across southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey for $3.47 a gallon. But the White House told USA Today it is not funding the lower gas prices.Drivers react to discounted fuel\u201cI really don’t know that I feel like that’s something that the white House, the president ought to be doing. But again, I can’t argue that the lower gas price,\u201d said gas shopper Dolores Reese.Drivers at 3811 Hartzdale Drive in Lower Allen Township, the location of the sole Freedom Fuel Network station in the Susquehanna Valley and previously a BJ’s gas station, said they were surprised by the lower prices.\u201cI don’t know much about it. This is a matter of fact; I was kind of surprised when I drove in there and saw a Freedom (Fuel) Network,\u201d said Llewellyn “Lou” Jones, who has shopped here since it was a BJ’s station.Questions remain about sustainabilityPenn State Harrisburg associate professor of economics David Buehler said he wants more information about how the station can keep prices low, as Freedom Fuel Network has not shared how they can lower prices.\u201cI look forward to a little bit more information and more transparency about the Freedom Fuel,\u201d Buehler said. Buehler said, without federal subsidies, he is unsure how long the lower prices can last. He said discounted gas can help consumers, but companies are not expected to sell fuel at a loss for long.”The high gas prices is not helping so many individuals, and it’s putting a burden on a lot of households. Which is why I, I like the idea,” Buehler said. “Whether it be red or blue, you know, whether it be blue state, red federal or whatever, have you, politicians perhaps looking at ways of alleviating some of the pain.”WGAL News 8 reached out to Freedom Fuel Network and the manager of the station in Lower Allen Township, but have not returned our requests for comment.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Lower-than-average gas prices are drawing attention in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, where a Freedom Fuel Network<\/a> station is selling regular gas for $3.57 a gallon.<\/p>\n Lower gas prices draw attention in Central Pennsylvania<\/p>\n According to AAA<\/a>, the average price for regular gas is $3.89 in Lancaster County, $3.92 in York County and $3.84 in Cumberland County. For the state of Pennsylvania, the average is $3.99<\/p>\n The White House advertised<\/a> the Freedom Fuel station online, saying gas would be sold at 25 locations across southeastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey for $3.47 a gallon. But the White House told USA Today<\/a> it is not funding the lower gas prices.<\/p>\n Drivers react to discounted fuel<\/p>\n \u201cI really don’t know that I feel like that’s something that the white House, the president ought to be doing. But again, I can’t argue that the lower gas price,\u201d said gas shopper Dolores Reese.<\/p>\n Drivers at 3811 Hartzdale Drive in Lower Allen Township, the location of the sole Freedom Fuel Network station in the Susquehanna Valley and previously a BJ’s gas station, said they were surprised by the lower prices.<\/p>\n \u201cI don’t know much about it. This is a matter of fact; I was kind of surprised when I drove in there and saw a Freedom (Fuel) Network,\u201d said Llewellyn “Lou” Jones, who has shopped here since it was a BJ’s station.<\/p>\n Questions remain about sustainability<\/p>\n Penn State Harrisburg associate professor of economics David Buehler said he wants more information about how the station can keep prices low, as Freedom Fuel Network has not shared how they can lower prices.<\/p>\n \u201cI look forward to a little bit more information and more transparency about the Freedom Fuel,\u201d Buehler said. <\/p>\n Buehler said, without federal subsidies, he is unsure how long the lower prices can last. He said discounted gas can help consumers, but companies are not expected to sell fuel at a loss for long.<\/p>\n “The high gas prices is not helping so many individuals, and it’s putting a burden on a lot of households. Which is why I, I like the idea,” Buehler said. “Whether it be red or blue, you know, whether it be blue state, red federal or whatever, have you, politicians perhaps looking at ways of alleviating some of the pain.”<\/p>\n WGAL News 8 reached out to Freedom Fuel Network and the manager of the station in Lower Allen Township, but have not returned our requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lower-than-average gas prices are drawing attention in Lower Allen Township, Cumberland County, where a Freedom Fuel Network station…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[103133,8102,16569,60125,103135,103134,103132,3680,103126,103127,1245,100885,103130,10292,3685,103128,5866,103131,56858,8377,103129,28,30,29,3495,34888,24540,1386],"class_list":["post-239811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-99the-white-house","tag-aaa","tag-attention","tag-average-price","tag-bj","tag-buehler","tag-cheap-gas","tag-cumberland-county","tag-david-buehler","tag-dolores-reese","tag-driver","tag-freedom-fuel-network","tag-freedom-fuel-network-station","tag-gas-station","tag-lancaster-county","tag-llewellyn-lou-jones","tag-location","tag-low-gas-price","tag-lower-allen-township","tag-more-information","tag-penn-state-harrisburg","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-usa-today","tag-wgal-news-8","tag-white-house","tag-york-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}