The Sconi

The average Wisconsin driver will pay a total of $48 more at the pump in December 2021 than they did in December 2020.

That's according to an analysis of gas prices compiled by the AAA motor club and Federal Highway Administration (FHA) data by The Sconi.

Wisconsin drivers will pay an average of $2.98 per gallon of regular gasoline this month, versus just $2.07 last year. The increase is $0.91 per gallon, or 44 percent.

Of 15 Wisconsin metropolitan areas tracked, drivers in Sheboygan face the largest gas tab increase-- $54.59 in December. Pierce-St. Croix and Oshkosh will pay the lowest, $41.34.

Last month, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) blamed President Joe Biden and Democrats for the gas price increases. 

"Gasoline prices [and] home heating prices are up because Democrats have a war on fossil fuels. What was the first thing that President Biden did when he came into office? He canceled construction of the Keystone pipeline. He’s threatening shutting down pipeline No. 5 which supplies gas into Michigan and the upper Midwest. They are intentionally driving up the cost of energy,” Johnson said in a radio interview.

Johnson said Biden should focus on making the U.S. energy independent and no longer reliant on foreign producers of oil, like Russia, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia.

Biden, who opposes increasing domestic U.S. energy production, is blaming those countries for higher gas prices, demanding they pump more oil to lower prices for U.S. consumers. They have so far rebuffed his requests.

In November, Biden also called for a federal investigation into oil companies, saying higher gas prices are not the result of market forces, but rather their "illegal conduct."

According to the FHA, Wisconsin drivers average 1,286 miles and 53 gallons of gasoline per month.

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Wisconsin gas price difference-- December 2020 vs. December 2021 

Market	2021	2020	CHG	%	Total increase
Sheboygan	$3.06	$2.03	$1.03	51%	$54.59
Milwaukee-Waukesha	$2.99	$2.02	$0.97	48%	$51.41
Racine	$3.00	$2.03	$0.97	48%	$51.41
La Crosse	$3.05	$2.08	$0.97	47%	$51.41
Fon du Lac	$2.94	$2.01	$0.93	46%	$49.29
State of Wisconsin	$2.98	$2.07	$0.91	44%	$48.23
Kenosha	$2.97	$2.06	$0.91	44%	$48.23
Superior	$2.97	$2.07	$0.90	43%	$47.70
Madison	$2.95	$2.07	$0.88	43%	$46.64
Green Bay	$2.94	$2.07	$0.87	42%	$46.11
Janesville-Beloit	$2.91	$2.04	$0.87	43%	$46.11
Eau Claire	$2.97	$2.11	$0.86	41%	$45.58
Wausau	$2.95	$2.10	$0.85	40%	$45.05
Appleton	$2.86	$2.04	$0.82	40%	$43.46
Oshkosh	$2.87	$2.09	$0.78	37%	$41.34
Pierce-St. Croix	$2.87	$2.09	$0.78	37%	$41.34

Sources: AAA motor club; Federal Highway Administration