Wright: Gas Prices Dropping Below $3 ‘Might Not Happen Until Next Year’
- On Sunday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright predicted U.S. gas prices may remain above $3 per gallon until next year, citing ongoing disruption from the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz closure.
- Since the war began Feb. 28, gas prices soared to about $4.04 per gallon on average according to AAA, as Tehran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted global energy supply.
- Wright told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" that prices "could happen later this year, that might not happen until next year. But prices have likely peaked, and they'll start going down."
- President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating a 10-day ceasefire agreed Thursday, citing weekend attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and threatening severe retaliation.
- U.S. envoys are set to meet Iranian counterparts Monday in Islamabad, Pakistan for talks aimed at ending the war, though the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reasserted control over the waterway Saturday citing U.S. naval blockade.
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Pain at the pump might not ease up for American consumers until 2027, according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who said on April 19 that the price of a regular gallon of gas could stay above $3 for the rest of the year. Wright said a price of $3 per gallon of gas “could happen later this year, [but] that might not happen until next year” in an interview that aired on CNN’s “State of the Union” program Sunday. “But prices have likely peaked…
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