ATLANTA — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said gas prices in parts of the state rose 20 cents over the weekend after a pipeline leak, but he didn’t consider that price gouging.

“It changes overnight sometimes that much,” he said.

Bentley toured Colonial Pipeline’s emergency response center, in a luxury resort hotel about 12 miles from the pipeline breach, and spent much of a news conference Monday praising the company’s response.

A disaster drill was held coincidentally last year near the scene of the spill, he said, and that helped the company plan and execute a response.

Colonial said it was working “around the clock” to repair the break and supplies have been delivered or are on their way to locations in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina.

Colonial said Monday evening in a statement that it expects the temporary pipeline to be running by the end of the week but gave no specific day.

In Georgia, AAA reported that the price of regular gas jumped more than 5 cents from Sunday’s average of $2.26 to just more than $2.31. The average price a week ago was about $2.10.

The Republican governor’s view on prices wasn’t held by everyone. “Oh, yeah, I’ve noticed that the prices have just gone up — I mean, through the roof!” said a man buying gas at a station outside Atlanta.