(The Center Square) – Lawmakers in North Carolina are coming back to Raleigh to address high gas and diesel fuel prices, the Senate president pro tempore says.
“Today, Speaker Hall and I agreed to call the North Carolina General Assembly back for a special session to provide relief from high gas and diesel prices for all North Carolinians,” Sen. Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, wrote on social media Saturday. “Additional details forthcoming.”
Berger said families and farmers are “feeling the impacts of rising fuel costs every day.”
“They need real relief and they need it now.”
Each chamber is scheduled to convene Wednesday at noon.
“Rising fuel costs are squeezing North Carolina families’ pocketbooks and creating challenges for farmers across the state,” Rep. Destin Hall, R-Caldwell, wrote on social media Saturday. “North Carolinians can’t afford to wait.”
Monday morning, AAA had the average between Murphy and Manteo pegged at $6.01 for diesel fuel per gallon, down from $6.14 a week ago and up from $5.79 a month ago and $3.49 a year ago.
Unleaded gas per gallon is $4.02 on average, bettering the $4.14 of last week, and higher than a month ago ($3.84) and a year ago ($2.81).
North Carolina’s 41.25 cents per gallon tax rate (taxes and fees) on gasoline for 2026 is only eclipsed by California (73.6), Indiana (64.5), Washington (60.17), Pennsylvania (58.7), Michigan (53.4), Illinois (49.6), New Jersey (49.15), Maryland (46.81) and Virginia (42.4).
Motor fuel taxes fund the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s highway and multi-modal projects, accounting for more than half of the state transportation resources. The revenues go into the Highway Fund and the Highway Trust Fund.
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