Earlier this week the price of Grade 87 at Costco was $3.99/gal. Reported in the news is that CT has the highest state tax on gasoline in the entire US, 51 cents a gallon.
Two taxes, an excise tax of 25 cents and a wholesale tax on
oil products of 7.0% ,which is still scheduled to increase to 7.5% on July 1. A portion of the tax revenue now goes to the General Fund . Originally intended to fund the Transportation account.