--- title: Gas Prices Have Spiked as Much as 30 Cents in a Week in Some Places description: Gas prices are jumping up across the southeast as stations grapple with the fallout from a gas leak in a major pipeline. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Personal Finance - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2016-09-19T13:46:41.000Z' modified: '2024-05-16T11:42:08.000Z' section: Personal Finance tags: - Gas - pubdesk word_count: 241 canonical: https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Pumping gas](https://img.money.com/2016/09/gettyimages-460878353.jpg) Gas prices are jumping up across the southeast as stations grapple with the fallout from a gas leak in a major pipeline. As Money reported, hundreds of thousands of gallons of gas leaked from a pipeline in Alabama, which Colonial Pipeline Co. first discovered on September 9. Gas was subsequently cut for an estimated 50 million people across Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina and Tennessee. Gas shipments were halted in many southern states, causing shortages over the weekend. [AJC.com](http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/ga-based-gas-company-works-on-temporary-pipeline-a/nsZxx/) reports that Atlanta gas prices are averaging $2.47 a gallon this morning, compared to $2.16 before the pipeline problem. Prices overall in Georgia increased four cents between Sunday night and Monday morning, to just over $2.31, according to [AAA](http://www.dailyprogress.com/the-latest-aaa-says-gas-prices-in-georgia-going-up/article_5ec51140-3319-5400-b016-9beaa1384bff.html). The national average is $2.20. ***Read Next: Why Gas Prices Could Spike in This Part of the Country*** Over the weekend, prices were up an average of 21 cents in Georgia and 13 cents in Tennessee compared to last weekend, [CNN Money](http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/18/investing/gas-prices-shortage-pipeline-leak/) reported. [WSB-TV](http://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/gas-prices-expected-to-jump-again-sunday/447103866) in Atlanta reported that some gas station owners are taking advantage of the disruption. "Another gas station in south Fulton County was charging $3.99 until our photographer showed up and began asking questions. Minutes later, the station dropped its prices down to $2.59." North Carolina has put a price-gouging law into effect, WSB reports. Colonial Pipeline is beginning constructing a temporary pipeline, according to [AL.com](http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-09-17/us-agency-orders-corrective-action-after-gas-pipeline-spill), to bypass the compromised section of the leaking pipeline in Shelby County, Alabama. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Personal Finance", "item": "https://money.com/personal-finance/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Expenses", "item": "https://money.com/expenses/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Gas Prices Have Spiked as Much as 30 Cents in a Week in Some Places" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/", "name": "Gas Prices Have Spiked as Much as 30 Cents in a Week in Some Places", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2016-09-19T13:46:41.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:42:08.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Gas Prices Have Spiked as Much as 30 Cents in a Week in Some Places", "articleSection": "Personal Finance", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/09/gettyimages-460878353.jpg", "width": 6000, "height": 4000, "caption": "Pumping gas" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2016-09-19T13:46:41.000Z", "description": "Gas prices are jumping up across the southeast as stations grapple with the fallout from a gas leak in a major pipeline.", "abstract": "Gas prices are jumping up across the southeast as stations grapple with the fallout from a gas leak in a major pipeline.", "@id": "https://money.com/gas-prices-spike-30-cents/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-05-16T11:42:08.000Z", "wordCount": 241, "keywords": [ "Gas", "pubdesk" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Personal finance", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_finance" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Expense", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expense" ] } ] } ] } ```