The average price  of a gallon of regular gasoline is up two cents from last week at $2.10 a gallon, three cents higher than one month ago. 

Mary Maguire is Triple A's Northeast Director of Public and Government Affairs,; she says robust gains in crude oil prices and the OPEC decision to increase production next year combined to boost prices anywhere from 2 to as much as 12 cents a gallon in a number of states this week.