Pennsylvania’s Department of Agriculture is temporarily allowing half-gallon pricing on gas sales as a short-term fix for problems at old fuel pumps that can’t display the current market’s high prices.
While most fuel dispensers in Pennsylvania can display per-gallon prices over $4, as well as calculate accumulated costs for a purchase, the state’s Department of Agriculture said some mechanical fuel dispensers have trouble displaying unit price and computing overall sales prices, particularly when per-gallon fuel prices hit $3.99 and higher.
“Given the recent and rapid increase in motor fuel prices in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture has elected to implement – on a temporary basis – an enforcement policy that will allow for the sale of gasoline in half-gallon units,” the Department of Agriculture said.
The half-gallon pricing will be permitted for dispensers at gas stations that can’t compute prices exceeding $3.99 per gallon, though other criteria must also be met, including: