For seven weeks straight the average price for a gallon of diesel fuel across the U.S. has dropped, according to the weekly report issued for Monday, Aug. 26, by the Energy Information Administration.
Lower average prices were reported for all regions except California, where there was no change from a week ago. The largest regional decrease in the average price was reported for the West Coast without California. There, the price dropped 1.9 cents.
Following are the average prices for diesel fuel by region as reported by the EIA for Monday:
- U.S. – $2.983, down 1.1 cents.
- East Coast – $3.003, down 1.6 cents.
- New England – $3.031, down 1.7 cents.
- Central Atlantic – $3.186, down 1.3 cents.
- Lower Atlantic – $2.874, down 1.8 cents.
- Midwest – $2.89, down 1 cent.
- Gulf Coast – $2.744, down seven-tenths of a cent.
- Rocky Mountain – $2.936, down three-tenths of a cent.
- West Coast – $3.556, down four-fifths of a cent.
- West Coast without California – $3.139, down 1.9 cents.
- California – $3.887, no change.
