{"id":1319526,"date":"2020-04-19T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/"},"modified":"2020-04-19T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T21:08:00","slug":"gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas prices, demand are tanking in Aspen, elsewhere"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.2319201995012\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-995774-80\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled gallery-container\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Burlingame resident Filipe Rocha fills up his tank at the Conoco station in the Aspen Business Center on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"0\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10.509900990099\">\n<p><strong>Burlingame resident Filipe Rocha fills up his tank at the Conoco station in the Aspen Business Center on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1024x682.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Burlingame resident Filipe Rocha fills up his tank at the Conoco station in the Aspen Business Center on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times | Gas prices were as low as $1.99 at the Old Snowmass Market gas station on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\" class=\"swift-gallery-slide h-100\" readability=\"-0.47368421052632\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.4736842105263\">\n<p><strong>Gas prices were as low as $1.99 at the Old Snowmass Market gas station on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)<\/strong><br \/>Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a class=\"buy-link\" href=\"http:\/\/postindependent.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+PostIndependent.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/&amp;image=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1-1024x682.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1.jpg\"><i class=\"fas fa-shopping-cart\"><\/i> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1-1024x682.jpg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/04\/gas-atd-041820-1-1-1024x682.jpg\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" alt=\"Gas prices were as low as $1.99 at the Old Snowmass Market gas station on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Traffic is down and so are gas prices in Aspen, which often holds the dubious distinction of having some of the most expensive cheap stuff in the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">These days, however, inexpensive gas isn\u2019t cause for celebration at a time when most vehicles are stationary because of the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cNobody is buying gas, and they don\u2019t care what the prices are because people aren\u2019t going anywhere,\u201d said Jeff Jandegian, one of the owners of the Conoco service station in Snowmass Village, which was charging $2.59 for regular unleaded Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Snowmass station has gone from selling \u201ca few thousand gallons a day to a few hundred,\u201d he said, explaining that translates from \u201cprobably a hundred cars a day to about six.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\">\n<div class=\"row gspi-donation gspi-donation-mobile p-0\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/PI-logo-white.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/03\/pi-banner-paypal.jpg)\" class=\"col-xl-8 p-3 text-center rocket-lazyload\">\n<h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/donate\/?utm_source=article&amp;utm_medium=website&amp;utm_campaign=donation&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=mid-article\">Donate<\/a><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cAnd once they do fill up, they don\u2019t have to fill up for a month,\u201d Jandegian said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Because of a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, gas prices already were falling prior to the national health crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Now with the pandemic, there is significantly less travel and emptier streets due to stay-at-home orders, closed businesses and lost jobs. Pitkin County officials have encouraged travelers to stay away from Aspen and its surroundings while sheltering orders are intact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Wednesday, AAA Colorado said the statewide average for a gallon of regular unleaded was $1.82; that\u2019s 84 cents cheaper than the $2.66-per-gallon average from the same time in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The national average Wednesday was $1.85, as demand for gasoline dropped 44% to 5 million barrels per day, according to AAA. OPEC also said last week it would be cutting crude oil production by nearly 10 billion barrels per day in May and June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The average price per gallon in Pitkin County \u2014 where it has not been uncommon to see prices in the $4 to $5 range \u2014 as of Friday was $2.20, said AAA Colorado spokesman Skyler McKinley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cYou compare that to Glenwood, which is about $2, and Vail is dipping to $1.85 right now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">At Roxy\u2019s Corner gas station at the Aspen Business Center, assistant manager Wendy Smith said \u201cthere isn\u2019t demand for it right now. \u2026 We don\u2019t have the tourist traffic, the construction traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Friday, Roxy\u2019s was charging $2.51 a gallon for the regular, while offering $2.31 to local residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Bringing down the county\u2019s average is the Woody Creek Station, which sells Phillips 66 gas from its location by the Aspen Village neighborhood. The Woody Creek Station has become the go-to place for the cheapest gas in Pitkin County if not the entire Roaring Fork Valley, and Friday it was charging $1.91 for a gallon of regular unleaded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Business is down, said co-owner Ryan Warren, but \u201cwe have a commitment to keep everybody here employed, and employed full-time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cMost folks for us are living from paycheck to paycheck, and they can\u2019t handle reduced hours and they certainly can\u2019t handle being laid off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The Woody Creek Station remains open seven days a week, and its gas dispensers operate 24\/7 as they do at the other local stations, including the Locals Corner, which is downtown Aspen\u2019s sole service station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">On Friday it was charging nearly $2.70 for a gallon of Shell regular unleaded, making it the most expensive gas in Pitkin County. That same 85 octane was going for $4.19 a gallon six months ago in mid-October, <a id=\"N0x2127030N0x224fc40:N0x2127030N0x2131468\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/local\/aspen-becomes-a-one-gas-station-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Aspen Times reported then.<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i> Jandegian said he\u2019s keeping his staff on the payroll also. The convenience store is open Tuesday through Friday, and their mechanics are still working on vehicles, though there\u2019s not much business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019re suffering like everybody and trying to keep our employees,\u201d he said. \u201cWe haven\u2019t let go of anybody and we\u2019re getting a few cars to fix.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:rcarroll@aspentimes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rcarroll@aspentimes.com<\/a><i class=\"fas fa-external-link-alt\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/news\/local\/gas-prices-demand-are-tanking-in-aspen-elsewhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burlingame resident Filipe Rocha fills up his tank at the Conoco station in the Aspen Business Center on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times)Kelsey Brunner\/The Aspen Times Buy Photo Gas prices were as low as $1.99 at the Old Snowmass Market gas station on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. 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