10 States With the Highest Gas Prices

2. Hawaii

Price of Gas per Gallon: $4.742

Although Hawaii has no proved crude oil reserves or production, it does refine crude oil into petroleum products. The local Oahu refinery supplies much of Hawaii’s demand, but the crude oil to feed it has to be imported from other states or abroad, thus driving up the costs.

Another major reason for the high gas prices in the Aloha State is an antiquated law from the early 1920’s – the Jones Act. The act requires all goods shipped between U.S. ports to be transported by American vessels, and since the U.S. does not build enough ships anymore, it makes it more expensive to transport fuel from California and other mainland states to Hawaii.

Energy prices in Hawaii have skyrocketed after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which prompted Russian oil embargoes. Before the war, Russia provided about 25-30% of Hawaii’s oil.