How to report gas price gouging if you see it Michael Conroy/AP Gas prices dropped to $3.17 at a Speedway station in Kokomo, Ind., Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. Local gasoline prices are swinging up and down ever more drastically, a result of a national fuel system that is operating with a shrinking margin for error. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) By: WTVR CBS 6 Web Staff Posted at 5:43 PM, May 11, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-12 09:33:15-04 RICHMOND, Va. -- A number of viewers have reported seeing rapidly increasing gas prices after Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency on Tuesday following the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline.